It draws me to the pillow soft
With claws that gently cradle thought
And when my eyes have closed on life
Begins another melody.

I long for sleep as though I had
Left there some lover unrecalled
And only in blind paralysis
May steal another glance.

When darkness falls, in dark I stay
And elsewise slips the day away
So candles held may never burn
And the mind forever wander.

As to that tiny flame unlit
My soul for meaning searches
But lacking heat and air and grit
Soon stifles without purchase

And falling back from sleep awake
Must recognize the room
To understand what light it sees,
Departing reality.