The Flag Was Flying At Half Mast, And I Was Thinking 'Bout How, Everyone Is Dying, And Maybe It's Time To Live

--"P.S. You Rock My World", The Eels

WHEN YOU SLEEP
by E. Patrick Taroc

When you sleep the winds fail to blow
Because your breath cannot be felt.
When you sleep, our eyes cannot cry--
Even the rivers begin to dry.
When you sleep the sun fails to glow,
Hid behind a small cloud of black
That nothing will ever push back
Or sun's many rays ever melt.
When you sleep no music does play,
No lips do speak, no bells do ring.
The world fades out without a trace
While all the light fades from your face.
When you sleep, there is no new day.
There are no colors and no sound--
Only mirrored silence is found.
When you sleep nothing will sing.

When you sleep, there is no smiling,
There's nothing bright and nothing new.
When you sleep, there is only grey
For us to welcome in each day.
When you sleep there's only whiling,
Waiting for our own time to sleep
Because this promise we must keep:

When you sleep, our hearts all sleep too.

Copyright 2009 E. Patrick Taroc (03/25/09)

Yours Swimmingly,
mojo shivers