Acres Wide

Come sleep with me she said Bring some warmth to my bed That seems to spread acres wide Now that it’s empty on his side Just for a while hold me tight Shorten just one endless night So full of hours that I have wept Until exhausted and finally slept There’s been no word since that day He rang and said he was going away No longer needed in his life Just one more abandoned wife Oh I can live and will survive Already starting to become alive But for just those lonely sheets Where our love was once complete Give me this one night as a friend Help me bring grief towards end Oh please tell me you will stay Please don’t yet be on your way So I held her there as she wept Held her there until she slept Then slipped away as first light Broke the power of that night Come sleep with me she’d said Bring some warmth to my bed Which hadn’t seemed to her so wide For the time I’d spent on his old side