Slumber
Slumber
I went to bed
when my child was one.
I awoke to find
she was six.
I am in a dream,
I thought.
I fell asleep
with a six year old
on my lap.
I awoke,
she was twelve.
I will try not to sleep..
But I took a nap
In the noon day sun
while a twelve year
old played
I awoke to find
her twenty.
I lay in bed,
afraid to sleep.
But it's too late,
she is gone.
9.16.18
Copyright © Daniel Hunter | Year Posted 2018
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