LULLABY: TO A SLEEPING CHILD

Pencil Art by Ehizogie

Sleep child!
Sleep from the beasts that chides;
from the terrors that besiege the day,
keeping your foot outta the way.

Sleep!
From the preying eyes of hawks,
and vultures that seek your blood to suck.

Sleep!
For in your nightmares,
you are shielded from the snares
of busy-bodied foes,
who only seek your woes.

Sleep babe!
Cos in this, you are free
from hunger and her fee;
from denting you kneels;
and from sores that kill your skin.

Sleep, sleep on.
Sleep, baby sleep on.
Forget your sorrows for a while,
And enjoy the dreams in their pile...

Ehizogie, December 2013.