Sleeping With the World and You
Why should half the world sleep,
while the other half wakes?
Why can’t we all rise to the same dawn,
and share the same dusk?
Why must light and dark divide the earth?
You are so far away,
your night is my day,
your moon my sun,
your dreams my loneliness.
If only day could be borderless,
night could fall on the whole world,
and the stars we could share.
So that, when the small hours come,
though we are distant,
I can lie down with you,
and be borne by my dream
to yours.
Copyright © Bernard Chan | Year Posted 2017
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