A time in bed

After life
there's a time spent in bed
it's been said that life is short
but really that's just the high

After your life
there's a time spent in bed
When everything's been done and said
you lie here
barely moving
after life
there's a time spent in bed

Under sheets and sheet-like skin
To win
is to fall away to what comes after what comes after

Dry mouths fall south to warmer waters
that they have yet to swim
on the brim
of spilling out of their life
there's a time spent in bed

Where dreams of life and death are the same
Because they are anything but the same
as this time spent in bed
In your head
you find any afterlife
better than what comes after life
and this dreaded
endless
time spent in bed