goodnight world

In bed
at night
with my eyes half closed

i listen to the world.

 

i hear the sound of the highway -

an ever-present noise.
 
A siren sounds,
i wonder where it is going,
and pray that it gets there in time.

   
I hear the honk of an eighteen wheeler
and the sound of its big tires on the highway.

   
A train whistles as it passes.

The streetlight outside my window shines in.

    
All reminders that the world keeps going even while i'm sleeping.
 
goodnight world.

-written 4/5/2011-