My Bedtime Prayer

Should I not awake after tonight, may my death find me the peace I never found in life.

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Phyllis Babcock

Date: 12/3/2011 8:30:00 AM

I guess the question for this poem is what type of peace are you looking for? What do you want to find? When life has so much to offer why would you want death and not want to wake up. What has death to offer? Two sentences brings up many questions. A deep write. love phyl

Lizzie Treetop

Date: 12/3/2011 4:25:00 AM

We all need this clever poet and little Terapins certainly do! X Goodnight sweet Billy

Caroline Cécile Delacroix

Date: 12/2/2011 8:45:00 PM

Your simple statement provoke a lot of thoughts, and rightly so. I hope you find peace within if you haven't. Thanks for sharing. Caroline.

Caroline Cécile Delacroix

Date: 12/2/2011 8:44:00 PM

They say, whatever you bind on earth, you bind in heaven. Perhaps this also pertains to peace. If our life is filled with turmoil that keeps us falling short of finding peace within, wouldn't it be logical that it would be the same in the beyond. I thought lately how for long, so many people cry or pray or dream of peace, yet peace is still at bay. Then what must wonder what are we missing? How about looking in the mirror, and I speak of myself as well. See what 2 lines can do to a brain? :)