In the Silence of the Cocoon

I crawl into the warmth

Of my cocoon,

Pulling the bed covers tight

To seal in the heat.

Slowly the tension sifts

From each tendon

Each muscle

Until there is only peace.

As the body’s stillness

Drifts upward

Seeping into my mind,

Slowly I let go

Of tomorrow’s worry

Yesterday’s sorrow

Releasing both

Into the indifferent air

Surrounding my cocoon.

The molecules of that space

Waft all my agitation

To some distant universe.

I slip into the sleep

Which mends the broken pieces,

Smoothes the balm of hope

Over hot lesions

Building someone new

To wake from a cocooned silence.