Soothe to sleep once more

   Tiny whimpers escape my lips.
Shh is all I can hope will be stated inside
head. Silly how even I allow noises
to escape me in fear of something
that isn't even real.
  
    Being jerked awake by a
reoccuring nightmare. How do I
release tension from it? Oh my
eyes dive one direction to the next.
Rapidly trying to grab hold all
that is safe. No harm is to happen.
Just a dream, a bad one at worst.

    Blinking. Realizing my face is wet
and soul is shivering. Sound mind
connects with a real stability. Yes
feverish chills no longer making soul
tremble.

    Rise up. Steady legs bring
me to kitchen where warm tea
and prayer to Jehovah calms
the spirit of an empty fear, worry.

   Soothed by the Scriptures
as I read my Bible. Searching
for the stories that help lift me.

   Ah sleepy I am once again.
Whispering in my mind, thanks
to Jehovah for calming me, soothing
me to sleep, once more.