Sleep

silently keep
near and close
midnight thoughts, my darkened azure

misty wonders
from the quilted sky
tonight aimlessly falling
from the corner of my eye

lost and lonely like you and I
frost and raw like the brittle core
floating insipid in circles
with no temptation to cure 

Down and under
the woven shore
tiding with the black
old memories lure

give me no light
of that I'm sure
take my sight
make me see no more

just let me see you unhindered
as you become much more
just let me sleep tender
as I wistfully gaze my shore

the twinkling guests in attendance
are eager to take the ride
all of them longing, like me
in the wait of the hidden sight
 
the moaning moon, far removed
lets out a whimper now and then
in the sordid shadows
I see fleeting glimpses of home

of lost passages traveled in time
that once radiated benign
lost for colors and fallen out of time
the melodies and lullabies are
soothing no more

In nature's lap I surrender
my love for concrete has gone obscure