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1/60th of Death
Doze for a moment, sleep for a day
it makes no difference anyway
I lay me down to sleep
Pray the One Above my soul to keep
beseech angels to guide the way
I die, just a little, to travel heavenward
leaving parts of me in a place I will never
with mortal eyes look upon
I wake, praise He Who kept me
returning, regretfully, to my soul.
Exiled from universe and wisdom
That my eternal longs for above all
Dissonance in harmony
physicality and spiritual, such agony
bound together by gossamer strings
it makes no difference anyway
I lay me down to sleep
Pray the One Above my soul to keep
beseech angels to guide the way
I die, just a little, to travel heavenward
leaving parts of me in a place I will never
with mortal eyes look upon
I wake, praise He Who kept me
returning, regretfully, to my soul.
Exiled from universe and wisdom
That my eternal longs for above all
Dissonance in harmony
physicality and spiritual, such agony
bound together by gossamer strings
Published 18th Apr 2019
| Edited 5th Aug 2019
Author's Note
The Talmud explains that sleep is considered 1/60th of death. Kabbalah tells us that when a person sleeps, the soul leaves the body and travels across the universe and learns things (which is transmitted via dreams) and that we sometimes remember when we wake up.
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