Time Wasted–Promises Kept

That instant before we sleep

most of us don’t ever count sheep.

We are sort of self-hypnotized

before our dreams are recognized.

Then suddenly, we drop a book

and we don’t count the time it took.

Just before our dreams appeared

loss of time makes me feel weird.

Do such moments accumulate

as times we hurry up and wait?

Why do we stand in line so much?

It makes the world seem out of touch.

The time wasted before we sleep

we could make promises to keep.

Walt Abbott 6-29-2011