Sleep, My Darling.

Sleep, my darling, and dream a pleasant dream.
Close those moonbeam eyes and rest your tired heart
Leave behind this world of absolute's and have to's
For one of what if's and maybe's.
Lay down your hope-filled head and melt into your cloud-soft pillow.
Curl up into those silken blankets,
Pull them up over your head to block out the world's calls.
Leave the moonlight on,
So the monsters in the closet can see.
Count the jumping, cottony sheep,
As I sing you a lullaby.
Listen closely to your bedtime story,
For you may be the princess, someday.
Sigh gently as you leap to the world of your own,
And don't let the bedbugs bite.