Eternal Sleep Poem by Steve Ricketts

And so the night has come once more, with all that I am hopping for, to find my sleep and then to dream, along with hope to see you again. Although I know that I must wake. I truly ask my soul to take, for when I wake from sleep once more, it's then my pain begins again. If I could sleep for evermore and in my sleep be with you once more. No pain would be my company, my soul would fly and we'd be free.

Must I bare this pain so deep, when all I want is eternal sleep. To sleep and only dream of you, is all I ever want to do. Is this so wrong for me to say, that I should wish my pain away. So hard to live this life of mine, while feeling lost all the time. For I'm but a shadow of the man I use to be, It's all that's left for all to see, everything else has been torn from me.

I know a few will want to grieve, over what my death might seem to be, but surly they will come to see, far better to sleep then live a life of misery. Of the others, I care not for, they'll still want to know their share, to take all they think there owed, is all they really want to know. This show their colours true and bold, it matters not if truth be told. Just let me sleep forevermore. To be with my love is all I care for.