Sleeper

feeling my way through the dark I can't quite make out the shapes of the night it's fine I hold my breath and count my steps I know I haven't woken yet a flickering mind says I don't belong here I shut it out till I disappear I float into another night float into another night all the light falls quietly a dark unknown surrounding I fold in so lightly and darkness shines so brightly I blend into where my body ends and sleep begins to swell and tumble I let it pull me under