Tonight,
Nothing more is required,
Not one more answer,
Not one more effort,
Not one more attempt to hold the whole day together.
The room is quieter now,
The light is lower,
The air has softened,
And you do not need to keep carrying what followed you here.
Nothing more to do tonight,
Nothing more to solve,
Nothing more to prove,
Nothing more to carry tonight,
Long.
Let your shoulders come down,
Let your jaw loosen,
Let your hands rest,
Let the bed hold what your mind kept lifting long.
You do not need to finish the day perfectly,
You do not need to make sense of everything before you rest,
You do not need to stay on long.
If something remains unfinished,
Let it remain unfinished for now.
If something still feels heavy,
Let the night hold it with you.
You are not failing by becoming still.
Nothing more to fix tonight,
Nothing more to force,
Nothing more to become before sleep long.
The lamp grows dimmer,
The room asks less of you,
The night does not judge what is unresolved,
It simply receives it long.
So breathe once slowly,
And let go a little,
Then breathe again,
And let go a little more.
You have done enough for this night,
You have carried enough for this night,
You have stayed strong long enough for this night,
Long.
Now nothing more is required,
Not from your mind,
Not from your body,
Not from your heart,
Long.
Let the night begin,
Even if life is not resolved.
Let rest arrive,
Even if everything is not answered.
Let this be enough for night,
Nothing more to do,
Nothing more to solve.
Nothing more to prove.