Ode to rest

In watching the stars-
patterns, constellations and galaxies
a thousand lightyears away,
the endless expanse
awakes in me the awareness
that I am.
I am this universe trapped in a body.
Oh Rest!
you’re far from idleness,
a night full of nightmares
surpasses one with lack of sleep.
The patterns that
clouds unlock into stories
of how we came to be.
To be. To just be
is all that rest entails.

Younglan Talyoung