When the mind keeps re-opening the day,
You do not have to re-opening with it,
You do not have to walk back into every moment,
You do not have to revisit every unfinished feeling,
You do not have to follow each thought back to its beginning,
If the mind is still searching,
Let it search more softly,
If it is still replaying,
Let the replay lose a little strength,
If it is still reaching for one more answer,
One more explanation,
One more version that feels complete,
Let the reaching become less urgent now,
The day has already happened,
You do not need to keep it active in order to be loyal to it,
You do not need to keep thinking in order to keep caring,
You do not need to keep returning in order to prove that something mattered,
Let the room become more real than the thought,
Let the bed become more real than the replay,
Let the breath become more real than the mind's last effort to finish everything,
Only this quieter place now,
Only this softer distance,
Only this slowing down between one thought and the next,
If one thought returns,
Let it return into a softer body,
If another thought follows,
Let it arrive into less resistance,
You do not need to stop the mind completely,
You only need less pressure around it,
And if the day keeps reopening,
Let it reopen into a quieter room,
You are still allowed to rest here,
Even now,
Even like this,
Even before the mind is done,
When the mind keeps reopening the day,
You can still begin to sleep.