as i go to sleep

as i go to sleep

                let me close my eyes

                let the worries go by

                let sadness subside

                let me depart from consciousness

                let me depart from loneliness

                                let me feel the caress

                                the gentle touch

                                the sweet voice

                                the warmth of love

                                                from a mother

                                                from a lover

as i go to sleep

                let me dream

                dream like a child

                enchanted and wild

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