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My Father Sleeps
My Father Sleeps
by David J Walker
My father sleeps
And my strongest pleas
Do not awaken him
I weep
For it was he who awakened me
To life
I wait near him
Sometimes quietly
Sometimes with a
Pathetic voice raised
At his silence
With questions
I should have asked
Before the night
But always
He sleeps near me
Always I feel him near
I know his voice
But I do not hear it
Bidding be goodnight
On the eve
He sleeps in peace
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