Thursday 28 November 2019

A CALL TO SLUMBER

A CALL TO SLUMBER

Come sleep
Let my eyes
To the world
Close...
It's taciturn face
Let me see no more...

Envelope me
In bright dark
That my dreams 
Might make my
Heart laugh!

Overpower me
King of unwaking
Draught
Let me drink deep
Of you
And never again
Thirst...

For thirsting 
Makes me weak
As I long 
Of the fount of 
Love
To endlessly sip...

I am still
Awake
Why, oh why
I ask
Quiet and desperate!

Confused, my mindless 
Heart wanders
The streets of
The past...

My ever thinking 
Mind reels 
I do not 
Want to feel unless
It is l
Painless feels!

Come slumber
With open arms...
Embrace my life
Show me
Your charms...

I reckon
They are better 
Than all I have 
Thus far known...

They shall render
Me happy 
When I, my eyes
Never to open 
Close...

Come, comfort me 
Embrace this life
Who willingly 
Surrenders
To an endless night...!

             FREDERIKA MENEZES 

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