I should go to sleep
And I should go to bed
But I feel like my day has been stolen from me
So I must snatch back the night
My eyes itch from late nights and tired days
I push on with stubbornness
I mustn’t lose this time
It wrestles against me
That entity that steals time
But sometimes I wonder
What if time slipped away from me on it's own
What if I was found unworthy of keeping time and this is why it eludes me
My days, I spend searching for it
My nights, I barter to try and have it
It never works,
It’s always gone
And I remain perpetually tired.
Each moment falls like petals from the rose,
A fleeting scent the evening breeze may keep.
Each death I die, the door swings closed,
And still I dream in shadows deep.
The past dissolves like dew in morning light,
Its whispers fading, lost among the trees.
No tether holds me back, no tether binds,
I drift, unmoored, where endless seas release.
The present sings—a thread of golden fire,
Alive in every breath, in every spark.
What use to mourn the ashes of desire,
When life awaits beyond the veils of dark?
The future beckons softly, yet untold,
A canvas bare, a story yet to mold.
Each time I die, I lay the weight to rest,
And wake reborn with hope alight, undressed.
Here, now, I stand, no shadows at my feet,
The present blooms, its fruit a gift to eat.
God, please remove all fear from my soul,
Whose eyes glow dark, as the blackest coal.
I really forget, as my earthly, fellow humans do,
That you are the only power behind all in the human zoo.
Bring the many lost sheep back to your fold.
One day in heaven, our eyes on you to behold!
We are finite beings, doing our heartfelt best.
But getting into heaven is our ultimate test.
Winning in life does not really count that much.
If we make this our ony goal, and never lose your Divine touch!
10/4/2024
Poem 1
Dodgers in five. Yankee fans weep.
Four times Freddie Freeman went deep.
We hope to see you here
again, this time next year.
Duke and Mickey go back to sleep.
I'm playing killer games.
BAM. Headshots, one-hits, epic plays.
Satisfaction vibrates
through my body.
I'm playing strategy games.
GROWTH. Annihilation of the enemy.
Satisfaction vibrates
through my body.
I'm playing hack'n'slash games.
OPEN. A chest of legendary quality.
Satisfaction vibrates
through my body.
I'm playing computer games.
KNOCK. Door opens; Father.
Greed and hate
vibrate through my body.
"Go to sleep, son."
For he worries,
For he loves me,
For he sees the shackles.
Go to sleep now, little one
Though today was so much fun
Playtime is, for now, all done
Close your eyes my little one
Dream of waking with the Sun
When the new day has begun
Then again you'll play and run
Go to sleep now, little one
October 10, 2021
Contest: Nursery Rhyme Poetry
Sponsor: Eve Roper
(Can be sung to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)
Time to sleep so lay down your head little one,
and I will watch over you till the night is done !
All the stars are twinkling and smiling in the sky,
maybe in a sweet dream you can learn how to fly !
The moon above will keep you safe while you sleep,
and in the morning he fades and away will creep !
When you wake the sun will be shining bright,
and all the birds will be singing hello with delight !
_____________________
March 25, 2021
Poetry/Rhyme/Go To Sleep/Nursery Rhyme
Copyright Protected, ID 03-1341-783-25
All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La France
Written for the Standard contest, Nursery Rhyme 3
Sponsor, Eve Roper, Judged 04/05/2021
First Place
Go to sleep, go to sleep
Go to sleep little one
Close your eyes
Watch the skies
While it whispers your name
Go to sleep, go to sleep
Go to sleep little one
Let the stars fall
Let the stars call
While it whispers your name
MARCH 16, 2021
Be quiet.
I'm trying to fall asleep.
Stop the disquiet.
I shouldn't need to count sheep.
I'm not interested
in what you might say.
You've been treated for what's inhibited.
You should be okay.
It's of no consequence to me
what you're wearing tomorrow.
Put something on with glee.
I refuse to live in your sorrow.
I'm tired of your fear.
A person shouldn't live this way.
Are you afraid to steer?
Will your direction ever sway?
You need to find the momentum
and flow with the one you love.
Be sure it's with them
and awake to the sun above.
The clock is always ticking,
the hair just gets more gray,
we think we’ll live forever,
we always act that way.
But how many before us
fell into this same trap?
How many names forgotten
when we try to look back?
Is life just a wait for death,
or a new path we must tread?
Go to sleep exhausted,
you can rest when you are dead.
What is it you want to say?
What is it to dream to do?
Build a home, write a book,
have a wife and children two.
Explore hidden places
to see the wonders there,
Probe science’s secrets
to know what most wouldn't dare.
Do something so the future
will know the words you’ve said,
go to sleep exhausted,
you can rest when you are dead.
The universe will not care,
it’s a dead and soulless thing,
the duty to remember
falls upon just the living.
Will they see you as a cog
moving in some vast machine?
Or will they see a figure
who made manifest his dreams?
Let all the people to come
know you wouldn’t yield to dread,
go to sleep exhausted,
we can rest when we are dead.
So when day go to sleep
You do promise as you did
Earlier many time before
That you will make your
Appear with rise of moon
And become the light
Of my heart
My heart waiting by long time
Just fulfill your promise
Show your appear
And open the way for
Brightness and clear the way
For upcoming golden days
As you know you are my way,
You are my destination
My heart view only you
You are my single dream
Dad Did Go to Sleep
Dad did go to sleep
He now lies in ocean deep
While I weep and weep.
My Dad was killed on Aircraft Carrier
Intrepid CNV-11 now in New York
harbor as a museum where a debate
was help. He is now buried in 200 feet
of water off of Sicily. I was 15 and had
3 sisters and two brothers when he died.
Jim Horn
To the girl writing poetry at 2 am
Stop
You are beautiful
You're like the moon if the moon ever came down to earth
You are more precious than a single moon beam shining down through my open window
at night as I lay there wishing for sleep to come
tossing and turning trying to find the power button to turn off my restless mind
You
You are beautiful
Your mind is beautiful
And I know you write these poems because it is your way of bleeding
and these words that you bleed flow and ebb in way that makes me jealous
That makes me awe you
And in the morning I know
You'll feel refreshed and light
But dearie
Put the pencil down
Put the paper up
It is now 3 am
Go to sleep
May all your worries melt away, hush now and go to sleep.
It's scary, but we must be brave, hush now and go to sleep.
May the world be your playground where you slide freely. But know
that you can't always have your way, hush now and go to sleep.
And may the swing-sets be a gateway to your dreams. The sun
will rise, and again you may play, hush now and go to sleep.
The stars above are but jewels to feast, not to keep. If our
heart is happy we shouldn't change, hush now and go to sleep.
At times Timothy remembers mother's comforting words:
Tomorrow is another day, hush now and go to sleep.
NOTE: A bit of an older poem, that incorporated a couple slant rhymes here and there, but overall I think it turned out decent.
No monsters are beneath your bed
The window’s locked, lay down your head
I’ve read the stories that you like
It’s time for sleep you little tyke
Just one more kiss and then I’m gone
Your stalling has gone on too long
Your mom and I are just down stairs
You’re safe here with your teddy bears
I’m going – I said close your eyes
The moon and stars are in the skies
And little kids all need their sleep
Don’t let me hear another peep
Ok – just maybe one more kiss
But that will be the end of this
Mdailey 10/27/11
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