Rest: Outside series - Christian Lindbeck (Ps. 4:8)

Blessed, blessed rest;
letting go, releasing all,
succumbing
to somnolence.
Essential essence,
mysterious,
dark,
unnerving,
sleep is a reminder
that I am not the center.

Vulnerable.
Inert.
Unable to act,
we humbly sleep
while God does His work.

Sleep: a daily invitation
to accept limitation,
to trust the larger story,
to put myself
in perspective.

What am I?
A vapor,
a child whose father 
never sleeps,
limited,
broken
and in need of
recuperation.

Nature-sleeps
are heaven's vitamins:
the breath of plants
mingles with human inhalations,
trees calm
and dirt heals.

Breathe deep
the healing rhythms
of earth's fauna
and flora.
Respire
as ocean waves
roll in upon sand
then suction 
seaward
again
and 
again.

Sleep
and trust.
Sleep and trust.
Sleep
is
trust.