Friday, October 17, 2014

Sleep Song




It's time
 for tired eyes
to shut
 and for yawning mouths
to close.
 The Autumn moon sits
 unblinking
over the cold leafless night.

Have you the big quilt?
 Let it shield us
from morning.
 Alive is what we are,
so let's celebrate
 by sleeping here
and having the night
 to ourselves
a little while longer,
 my love.


DB/c1996


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