Genesis 3:19 

19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat food
until you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”

 

Shift-work

 

At times it is difficult to stay awake.

A soft dreary passion gently draws her net

over the fleeting reality of slumber's haze

as time prepares slowly to weave its web.

 

You move into dimensions called fantasies

like memories poured out for the taking.

Some are good … some bad like a melody

and some partly blank in the making.

 

You wake up right then as discomfort smiles

to keep you from regaining the fullness of sleep

It will keep you in a daze for a while

as you wiggle and worm reality to keep.

 

You need your rest to be your best

when the boss comes calling.

It is a form of stress that put to the test

the "You" that so often is appalling?

 

Jan Wienen