as I lay me down now

By Paul Roberts

as I lay me down now

my sleep

            is distant 

for the thoughts I keep

hidden forcefully at bay

with tasks and turmoil of the day

that hide themselves in the light of the sun, make

a dark visitation on this day not done

so my prayer rises up, and like the pharisee standing

                next to the sinner, loud, demanding,

I insist to have the Judge’s ear,

(with dramatic pause and reptilian tear?)

I     will     change     the     future 

that I fear

                  with words and wisdom as a seer

            as a prophet bold proclaiming

       by my petitions am I taming

He Who Is, by my will shaming…

such thoughts may drown and take me under…

help me return with childlike wonder

to when whispered prayers became heaven’s thunder

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Another invitation to celebrate National Poetry Month by writing and sharing an ode of your own.

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