Read to Me

read to me
read to me
distract me from this pain
pain
pain
pain
take me away from this pain
pain
pain
pain
take me away
please take me away
just like a dreamscape,
a lullaby
that you sing to me
that you speak to me
that you read to me
read to me like the rays of a sunset
shine down on me
while i stay afloat
but when the sun falls down
when i start to sink
when the sun slips down
everything will be at peace
i close my eyes
my eyelids fall
my eyelids sink
my eyelids slip
i close my eyes
everything will be at peace
i go to sleep
fall
sink
slip
fall
sink
slip
good night,
good night,
i go to sleep.

In Memory of Mrs. Henry Lafayette-Dubose. RIP.