GIDDY-UP, WHOA!

Right at this moment, I feel so tired,
My ‘battery’ is totally drained.
I feel if some useful thinking was needed,
It would be just too much of a strain!
 
I need to rest, that’s what I need,
I know full well that’s true;
But when your mind keeps grinding on and on,
How do you rest?  Tell me, what do you do?
 
It seems my body runs out of gas,
Before my brain is ready to rest.
My mind is most ambitious, right now
My ideas are at their best!
 
If I could speed one up, or slow one down,
It seems that would be ideal.
But my mind won’t SLOW, nor my body GO..
I guess that’s why I feel, like I feel!
 
I have to tug on the reigns to my thinking,
Or take the whip to this body, so slow.
It’s hard to synchronize the two of them;
One says “STOP”, and the other says “GO”!
 
Well, there may be an answer; I’ll give it a try..
Though the results may not be too discreet:
I’ll put my body to bed and let it rest,
And let my mind write its poems, in our sleep!
 
                          Good Night!
 
                                jac 1-14-85