Sleepy Couplets
Sleepy Couplets
If only sleep was as simple
As closing one’s eyes
And dreams a choice
From which to decide
If only the tossing and turning
Were but a nightly exercise
And the worrisome torments
Could be cast casually aside
But there is no easy remedy
For eyes opened wide
There’s no simple solution
That hasn’t been tried
So put a good book close by
Next to your bedside
And before you know it
Before you realize…
That Morpheus will have arrived
And sleep (blessed sleep)
…Has gently…quietly
…Closed your eyes...
Copyright © David O'Haolin Whalen | Year Posted 2018
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