Shall I Go Back To Sleep Poem by Randy McClave

Can I please go back to sleep
Will you please stop your complaining,
You have been told by what you sow you shall reap
And one day unto God your story, you will be explaining.
You and I have been through all of this once before
So, you don't have to sit up and justify your deeds in our bed,
I am just too tired and frustrated to listen to you anymore
Remember, where you are, it is from where your actions have led.
You have explained to me before what you have done
So, please, don't poke me again and tell me to listen,
Revenge or ridicule should never be thought of as sacrament or fun
Now between us there now lies a greater division.
You must always be happy with who you are
As if though you are wearing your soul inside an amulet,
And though this might sound quite bizarre
Maybe you should had follow the ways of the Bible, and not Hamlet.
Words of wisdom my Grandmother use to say
In her own time of thought and persecution and conflict,
It is usually the guilty man that will complain and pray
So, please go back to sleep and don't elbow me or kick.
Since you can't sleep, and apparently neither can I
And since you're making your transgressions my own business,
Why not, just not argue or ruminate and not seek out an ally
Just sleep, and then tomorrow seek out forgiveness.

Randy L. McClave