Afraid To Sleep

When you are old and afraid to sleep And you can't find solace even by counting sheep, Your eyes are tired and gray and your torment is deep But, do not worry and do not weep; Remember of a love that gave you your youth Think of it with kindness and remember it as truth, Sending flowers and being faithful at one time was very couth But, now those days you need to sleuth; Now at night do you no longer say your prayers Are you afraid of not waking up, or going downstairs, Is your life and your soul destroyed beyond repairs Maybe you are not afraid of dreams, but only of nightmares; How many times have you angrily supposed Now that you think, do you wish you had dozed, Maybe it wasn't love, but falsity that you had proposed Should you be awake, or maybe your eyes should be closed. Randy L. McClave