Poetry for the Evening

To bed...
now...
before the dawn's light..
rings that gong.

To bed...
the world's wrong...
cannot be fixed tonight.
With darkness still in sight,
to bed.

Lay down your head,
and let your slumber
melt away...
this awlful day.

To bed...
quiet your mind...
and you may find...
peace...

To bed...
before you lose your way.
To bed...
wait for the brightness..
to shine-in the new day.

To bed! To bed! To bed!
For your own sake...
rest now...
from this wake.

To bed...
fade out this day.

To bed...
while the black of night awaits...
to take it all,
in his embrace...
to bed...
shhhhhh...
to bed.

Linda MacDonald-Lewis
June 2006
The Bard at Large