Distances
awake at 3.30
where you sleep
writing at 5.30
here in the east
to the wired hum
of the ceiling fan
my breath circulates
as pre-planned
to assist my sleep
in this Israeli heat
which at midday
will force my retreat
but now disturbed
by my body’s pain
my dreams my freedom
are gone again
until I return
to my forced collapse
this mid-afternoon
pain-free relaxed
under sleep’s drug
I’ll relish once more
my prior state
far time zones before