Now I Lay Me

She said love would always be,

but she’s no longer loving me.

She must be loving someone new,

and there is nothing I can do.

The words of love haunt my mind.

I search for rest that I can’t find.

That pleasant Dream that I can’t keep

now tortures me, and steals my sleep.

When my daughter says her prayer,

she always wants to see me there.

When she says, “…lay me down to sleep…”,

I turn so she won’t see me weep.

“Daddy are you gonna cry?”

“I just have something in my eye.”

“Daddy, it’s gonna be all right.”

“If I can make it through the night…”

Now I lay me down to sleep.

I think of her, and start to weep.

Sleep won’t come although I try,

…so I just lay me down to cry.

I trust in God, for He’s the Light.

He gets me through each lonely night.

If not for Him, I’d surely die

… each night I lay me down to cry.

~Author~

Glen Pysell

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