sleep

LET ME SLEEP

If I should sleep before I die

I’d like the world to know that I

Would like to be left well alone

In deepest slumber on my own.

Please don’t stamp about the place!

Don’t let the puppy lick my face!

Don’t let the children scream and shout!

Don’t move the furniture about!

Please don’t bring me tea and toast

‘cos sleeping’s what I crave the most!

Please don’t use the vacuum dear

To clean the carpet near my ear!

Don’t try to pull my duvet straight

If feet are cold well that’s their fate!

Don’t try to tuck my blankets round

If I’m asleep its ‘cos I’ve found

A way somehow finally getting

My body straight without much sweating!

Too hot? Too cold? I just don’t care

If I’m asleep just leave me there!

And then, if midday passes by

Just leave me sleeping, let me lie!

They call me grumpy they don’t know

I last slept properly weeks ago!

If I seem angry mean and crabbit

I blame it on my sleeping habits.

I go to bed I toss and turn

And then my brain begins to churn

I then remember jobs undone

Those finished yesterday – not one!

I make a list I do the sums

Of things to do when morning comes

It seems to happen every night

I just can’t keep my eyes closed tight

So then I rise and leave my bed

To come downstairs write poems instead

But as my pen falls from my grasp

I’ve just one thing I’d like to ask

Please ignore the sound of zedds

That other people make in beds

If I am drowsing, dreaming sheep

Please leave alone and let me sleep

zzzzzzz