sleep sweet sleep

though throughout this life i have slept less than the recommended eight hours per twenty-four dosage and for many years of this life i slept less than four hours per twenty-four on average and for more than half of this life i routinely skipped sleep a few times a week, i am finding that as the decades pass, sleep becomes a more necessary aspect of the life experience because the mental acuity, release of positive hormones, physical demeanor, and overall energy much more noticeably diminishes when i extend sleepless periods or when i do not sleep more than i used to... four hour cycles are still my sleep pattern and still refreshing, but two continuous four hours patterns have a much more profoundly restful and regenerative effect than one and the difference was never as pronounced as it has been in the last year or few... in recent months i am noticing it even more, which leads to my mentioning it here... in fact, i added this paragraph to this entry after waking on my own from a solid eight hours of sleep that began just after the next two lines...

yes, falling out, eyes closing, fading from consciousness, and letting go... no resistance beyond completing these words...

nite nite :)