Turn off the phone

Toss out the warm milk

Tune down the calming music

Throw away the melatonin

Pick up a book.

Relive history

Play detective

Chase ghosts

Take a lover

Become someone else.

When your eyes droop

When you reread a sentence three times

Insert a bookmark

Place book on the nightstand

Shut off the light

Dream...

Unless you’re still wide-awake and are

compelled to read into the wee hours

of the morning.