Four Minutes After Midnight
00:00
Count the silence between
The twelve strikes, as midnight resonates
Where the streets are silent and empty.
And the clouds gather unseen,
As darkness obscures them.
00:01
Listen to your heartbeat.
A second between each beat,
A night-rhythm, no longer a
Daytime pounding to stress and noise.
Now a gentle trace, pulsing with silence.
00:02
Close your eyes and open
Your soul to dreams, a world
That waits for you. Unlock
The silent doors and enter
Your unconscious thoughts.
00:03
Breathe in. The soft, slow
Rise and fall, chest lifting
Imperceptibly, eyelids beginning
To gently flicker. Who knows what
Dreams you will remember.
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