Sleep

The evening hangs beneath the moon
A silver thread on darkened dune
With closing eyes and resting head
I know that sleep is coming soon

Upon my pillow, safe in bed
A thousand pictures fill my head
I cannot sleep, my mind's aflight
And yet my limbs seem made of lead

If there are noises in the night
A frightening shadow, flickering light
Then I surrender onto sleep
Where clouds of dream give second sight

What dreams may come both dark and deep
Of flying wings and soaring leap

Then I surrender unto sleep
Then I surrender unto sleep
- Sleep by Eric Whitacre

I love this song.
I love it even more during the nights and mornings when it describes how I feel.

I think my favorite line is 'What dreams may come both dark and deep'. It reminds me of a few lines in Hamlet's most famous soliloquy:

' "... Ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. ..." '
- Lines 73-76, 3.1, Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Oh goodness.
I love The Bard.
You know.
Bill.
Billy boy.
Will.
William Shakespeare, one of the greatest writers to have ever graced the planet!
Yeah.
Him.

Sleep.
Soliloquies.
Shakespeare.

It's going to be a great day.
Regardless of how much sleep I get.