Taking Levothyroxine at 3 a.m.

It's supposed to be taken
when the stomach is deserted,
an hour before it is refreshing to start the day.
But I modified the doc's suggestion:
Taking it at 3 in the morning, which is 
my usual waking time, even when retired 
late. I keep it religiously,
to get the thyroid on track, to keep breathing
as long as I can, to see how the grandkids 
doing with their lives, to see where my penning days
end; will it be the purple-silk hill overlooking the sea,
or the familiar dune? O, I would not care, either way,
as long as my heart occasionally sings.  

© Byung A. Fallgren