Taken in Varanasi on the Ghats

Every night I go to sleep
From the dream-world not a peep
A timeless void a dreamless night
Waking before the morning’s light

I lie awake my mind is crawling
Through the flotsam gently trawling
Floating visions that sink below
When I turn on the mind that knows
Bashful visions fade from sight
When exposed to wakeful light