Sleep

I’d like to sleep. Do you think Mother would let us sleep? I’d like to close my eyes. I think I’d been awake too long.

I think I’ve been awake all my life. Which is too long.

My whole life – I’ve been awake. Too awake. That’s what it feels like.

Like the sun that never sets.


I’d lie to lie down. Will Mother let me lie down?


Just lie here and go to sleep. She can’t use that.

Unless that’s what she wants us to do.

Maybe she wants to sleep with us. To rest.

Mother doesn’t rest.

Which is why Mother wants to close her eyes with us. Why Mother wants to lay down her arms. Mother wants not to be Mother, for a time at least.