Fish Bowl

Has your dark bedroom ever

Felt like a fish bowl?


Not one that's cramped

But one that's oddly comforting—


With the night pouring in

Like ocean water


And you're floating

Within yourself—not outside


Of the body that desperately needs

Loosened shoulders


And a steady gulp of the stillness

That has somehow filled


A room and body that typically

Disallows this type of repose.