Of all the friends I long to keep
The one I pray for most is sleep
Eyes squeezed shut yet fast awake
With all the pills that I can take
And still I pray for sleep
I day-dream of a bed so deep
Where I can fall down in a heap
Free from stress and body ache
Of their leave I shall partake
Oh how I long for sleep
Why, oh why, can I not reap
Into my brain - why can’t it seep?
A peaceful nap beside a lake
Or six straight hours would heaven make
Oh someone help me sleep
Sometimes I can’t help but weep
The tower of desperation from whence I leap
A forty winks pie I pine to bake
Or a seven layer slice of shut eye cake
Which would blessedly let me sleep
A childhood prayer I oft’ repeat
In dead of night with burning feet
…if I should die before I wake
Before you “save” me…for God’s sake
Please just let me…sleep
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