Poem ('Descansar') 'adapted' in English Anyone to correct my entry, please? Hello everyone! This is an 'adaptation' of a poem I wrote in Spanish (previous notebook entry). I intended to use the British-English spelling. Corrections are greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. To rest Unfortunately his mind never ceased to think, to consume books, as cars consume kilometers. He never ceased to analyse, to learn, to investigate, to discover. He ceased to sleep a real sleep, a deep sleep where the mind can rest. He got tired of sleeping, of hearing the wind tremble in his ears, of hearing the spasmodic beat of his painful but powerful heart, like a timid hammer discovering the fearful skin of a quince recently fallen from the tree. Unfortunately his mind never ceased to think, to consume information, as a lake consumes the liquid roots offered by the rain. He never ceased to consume knowledge, as a house feeds on bricks and cement. But, a house, although well maintained, becomes old, the cement of its bricks collapses, empty spaces remain in its memory. Thus, from time to time, the information from the books travelled far from his comprehension, the way synapses move away from the neurons. He slept more soundly, the sound of cars no longer came to his ears. Then came one night in June when he was writing the last word of the last sentence in the book of his life, and, well, unfortunately, his free mind, freely, never ceased to rest. [(just) as cars consume kilometers/the way cars...?]