As far from dusk as it is to daybreak

The sheet slips and you turn to breathe
Outside is as dark as in at this time,
But I see you clearly in my mind's eye
Every familiar shadow and line.

I sit in silence, staring into nothing,
Feeling the years pass us by.
My eyes are too open to sleep,
But it's bat-black in the room
And as far from dusk as it is to daybreak.

There's nothing in me but dreams and bad ideas.
Whenever I close my eyes, strange faces leap at me.
Sometimes familiar, sometimes inhuman.
Some move, some speak,
But I never listen for long.

Instead, I move to the centre,
Quo lux ducit,
And seek peace.