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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
Written by inechoingsilence
Published | 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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