O! Sleep
O! Sleep


Steal my being
Even for a while
And take me in your deep embrace
For... life has eluded many times
Do not put me under hideous grimace
My home in the land of wails
Is bereft of joy and happiness
A gasp of cold breath and sob
Remain recurring motif and prop
The maze mongers deep-seated sighs
Shores me away from pleasant details
My best efforts to stimulate cursed eyes
To shed a few drops, help salvage the hardship
Yields no result as such
As they abide in pe
rennial denial mode
Remain ajar ...sans even a wink of sleep
Make me pine for mida's touch
Winter is the only season
I am made to witness of late
Pine now for a sip of spring's nectar
For a subtle, u-turn of fate
Hope someday I am able to breathe ease
Be away from incoherent mutterings
O sleep!
I wish sometimes you shut my tired eyes
Force them to rest for a while
For... my lonesome being scouts for company
When the night is dark and deep
And I dream of a goodnight's sleep.