Those moments between the time you switch off the lights and go to sleep..
When your mind wanders into every dark alley of memory that you'd put off limits all day..
When a thought you thought to be forgotten, waves back at you to say it's forgotten not..
When you lie down for the first time in a long time, but your heart starts racing off..
When the heaviness on your chest makes labour of every breath..
When you stretch and release the tensions of everyday life, and an involuntary invocation of 'amma' stains the relief with melancholy..
Those moments between the time you switch off the lights and go to sleep..
How I wish I could sleep with the lights on..
