How does this happen, in the dark, hours before the alarm is to go off?

I’m sleeping…SLEEPING…but my silly little brain wants to play this silly little game at that hour…the Anxiety Game.

In my subconscious, in the darkness, creeping through dreams and images and peaceful slumber, slithering to the fore,

Nebulous, anxious feelings begin to manifest, vague but insistent, slowly intent to fill the peaceful void with angst,

This the silly game I don’t want to play but must for myself, for peace sake, mind game, eyes still closed, my mind’s eye orchestrating the void work, to empty these anxious thoughts, feelings,

Reducing viscosity, the thoughts, they flow, fluid, out of my mind again, let me feel at peace again, heart rate coming down again, again, slowly realizing the game is over again, mind void again,

I can sleep again.