General Poetry posted August 3, 2022

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Blended Rhyming Poem

A chapter in the book Heart Crafted Poems - 2022

Reply to Blessed Hands of Sleep

by JLR

THE BLESSED HANDS OF SLEEP   by Anna Hempstead Branch I LAY me down with sighs and tears After a barren day, Yet every morning I awake Innocent and gay. The sunbeams sparkle in my soul As if 't were bathed in dew! I feel so simple and surprised, Exquisite and new! Little I feel and like a child With laughter I arise. This common earth revealed and bright Shines like Paradise. Betwixt the blessed hands of sleep I lay my heart, and lo! She heals me of my grief, and now Merrily I go. Oh, strange and lovely sleep, that Thou After a sorrowing day Canst send me forth like any child, Innocent and gay! Blessed Hands of Sleep  by JLR Such rebirth comes from the cradle of sleep, fully knowing tomorrow brings another day while with morning, as I come fully awake, my thoughts will be most innocent, I say! The Light of the cosmos reaches me deeply steeped in tears of Joy for new foundations as the dawn passes to another morning. Alive, I soar from profoundly strong sensations. Restored my inner child so innocent, so pure springs forth with merriment and joyousness set very high to stretch my earthly boundaries. A paradise shining in full-blown graciousness. Such rebirth comes from the cradle of sleep I open my heart to the wellspring of love, As Sophia, in her wisdom, heals my woes Knowing on the morrow I fly like a dove. I know now that the embrace of sleep stilling my soul’s tribulations of yestermorn empowers me with the spunk of a newborn blameless and less forlorn.