Sleep

Sleep now you, beneath the stars

to the lullaby of beating waves.

Sleep now, with your friend so close

and know the love that saves.

And if you wake with him

in a grassy field

then be with him.

Sleep now, for the journey’s run

and disappeared without a trace.

Sleep, for your dreams be seen in sun

once you make your resting place.

And if you wake to rain

then let it rain

and run on home.

NEXT

--Porter Daryl's Poems