Step softly with me onto the dusk-lit shoreline.
Indigo waves flickering Protected by gentle darkness.
The soft presence of the tides.
The air caresses you crisp and cool.
Each footfall is welcomed by old listening sand.
The hush of the ocean's velvet murmur relaxing.
A pale river of moonlight sweeps away every knot.
This silvery river glides down your forehead.
Your eyes your cheeks your jaw.
Easing.
Untangling,
Unwinding.
Awash in this restful moon glow.
Let the river meander down your neck.
Over your shoulders.
And along your arms.
To your fingertips.
Let it sweep across your chest down your back.
Gather in your belly.
Swirl through your hips.
Legs.
And to your toes.
Dissolving tension.
Drifting into a sea of rest.
If there are worries crowding your mind,
Lingering feelings.
One by one surrender them to the sea.
Each one sinking beneath the tide.
A delicate breath as it slips under and eddies away.
Carried by the undertow weaving with the currents.
Leaving room in your heart and mind for ease and rest.
Your worries are witnessed by the stars.
The stars offer their silent reassurance.
As the day drifts away,
You begin to feel weightless and sleepy.
At home in the velvet darkness.
Your unburdened heart wide as the horizon.
Your mind settling like bubbles beneath the surface of water.
A gull's feather gliding on midnight air.
A tide curling inward to obey.
Take gentle time.
The night is patient.
When sleep comes,
Welcome it.
Good night.
