Unmaking The Bed

Great Lake Swimmers

Casting off the trap of sleep
Waking into waves and frames
Pulling off the night, slow, like tape
Unmaking the bed, the waves, the wake

Rising and falling, rising and falling
Rising and falling, unmaking my bed

Who will wake up clean, leaning in
Who will feel the night, and know it
Channeling the light, waking, glowing
Unmaking the bed, the waves, the wake

Rising and falling, rising and falling
Rising and falling, unmaking my bed

A levitating chest, the lapsed hours
And a rolling wheeze, a sweet sigh
As it tumbles in, the mind floats
Unmaking the bed, the waves, the wake

Rising and falling, rising and falling
Rising and falling, unmaking my bed