GOING TO BED

THIS COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF WHEN AND WHERE.  I FEEL SO OLD NOW, GETTING TIRED, AND I THANK GOD FOR BED TIME.  I TOLD MY WIFE THE OTHER NIGHT THAT OUR BED WAS THE MOST COMFORTABLE PLACE IN THE WORLD...WONDERFUL MATTRESS...GOOD SHEETS.  MY BONES FEEL SO GOOD THERE...IT IS SOOO QUIET WHERE WE  LIVE.  SOMETHING ABOUT BED AT NIGHT THAT INVITES THOUGHTS....BUT, THEY DONT LAST LONG IF YOU ARE AT PEACE.  GOD'S LOVE WHICH SOME CALL NATURE, PULLS A WARM BLANKET OF REST OVER US....DREAMS, SOMETIMES/  I CAN NEVER OUT GUESS WHAT I AM GOING TO DREAM.  I NEVER COULD SWIM, YET, IN MY DREAMS I AM A WORLD CLASS SWIMMER...BACK STROKES, THE BUTTERFLY...IT IS SO WONDERFUL.  OFTEN TIMES, WE DO WAKE UP IN THE NIGHT,,,WEE HOURS...HALF AWAKE WE MAY ROLL OVER OR TOSS AND TURN...LEGS THRASHING TO FIND A COOL PLACE ON THE SHEET....A GOD GIVEN  TIME OF REFLECTION AND OTHER.  I FEEL SO OLD AND WORN OUT NOW, AND I ACTUALLY HATE TO SEE THE LIGHT OF A NEW DAY.   BUT NOT FOR LONG, ONLY FOR A LITTLE WHILE....BUT, THE NEW DAY COMES....LIKE THE DRILL SEARGENT TO HIS RECRUITS...."WAKE UP...HIT THE FLOOR, TIME FOR ANOTHER ROUND"   .  ONLY, IN MY CASE, MY SLEEPY WIFE ASKS IF THE COFFEE HAS BEEN MADE YET.  CARBON COPY DAYS..JUST THE SAME, BUT THE REWARD IS THE NIGHT.....SOFT, TENDER, PERSONAL....MANY THOUGHTS...FLEETING...WORRIES WHICH SOON DISAPPEAR....THE WHOLE DESIGN IS ACTUALLY QUITE BRILLIANT......THE B.