EARLY to bed - MEDILLUMINA

The old English proverb revisited…

Early to bed and early to rise
Makes one healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Better be said, “To bed on time,”
Rating “late” as careless crime.

One man's early is another man's late;
Writ in stone, circadian fate.
Plants no less with clocks are blessed,
“Touch-me-not” example best.*

“Sensitive plant” this truth receives,
Greeting night with folded leaves.
Humans, too, could wisdom show,
By their clocks internal flow.

Promptly to bed and promptly to rise;
That’s the way to harmonize.
Trust the clock that guides your eyes,
Inner process ever wise.

*Mimosa pudica