Tag: rest

My Pre-Dawn Mind: A Morning Haiku

Carl Setzer

Sitting here, pre-dawn 

My mind frantic with work stuff

The night is quiet

I’m awake, my mind reeling with ideas. Sadly, but restful, peaceful ones. Rather, things I need to change, ideas i need to incorporate. In the morning calm, my brain is editing my work. But they most desirable thing, I guess. It doesn’t facilitate and being of being well rested. The

My response? Open up my tablet and capture these notions, then set an Afghan to remind me to look at them once in at work. It calms my mind. 

Awake Too Early

Carl Setzer2 Comments

​My relentless mind 

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p style=”font-family:"”>In perpetual motion 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Sleeping’s a challenge 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Awake against my will

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p style=”font-family:"”>Dreaming of dreaming 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Longing for slumber 

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p style=”font-family:"”>The machinery of my mind 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Psychological cogs churn and spin 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Whirring hum of my soul