Advent 21 - Rest

Rest is where the magic 

happens, if you let down your guard.
Wages of the day all spent,

the fabric of your mind is rent
by sleep, sharp sleep,
and the magic

of arbitrary association takes
over—the garden
where you walked before you'd spent

your apple-seed bucks;
the leopard
on the magic

votary rug; such a terrific
din of baaing sheep!—
until the night is spent,

and you walk into a sky of fly-agaric
clouds, which are but shards
of your old consciousness lost and spent
on magic.

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busyness happens cellular
soul changes restored
down close
accolades
catch
jesus
rush adrenaline relieve breath
guard the rest
space the body
strengthened born
true rest
you especially