Original Date: 06-07-2003

It gripped my head and held me

The pillow on my bed

Not a crisp clean snowy white

But slightly creamy for my head


Muscles and tendons now slacking off

Lowering this heavy head slowly

Descending with heavy thought

Into the pillow's deepest trough


Stirring around this kettle of thought

And bring some old ones to the top

Like two new worries I have found

And I let other worries settle down


A few more minutes the tension lessens

And lowers the head down into caresses

The warmth and softness of my pillow

A soothing place for me at home.


Like a soothers blanket or dog bone

This pillow for me is part of home

Where mind can run untethered

And life of mine can rest a lot

Wayne