Sleep easy

Sleep easy

In your beds

Rest with a clear conscience

You have nothing to fear

From darkness

It does not hide any more secrets

Than you cannot

Already concieve

But casts doubt

On what may be seen

From the comfort

Of an easy chair

Investigate the hidden corner

Of the room if

It will help you

While away the hours

Before the light goes down

And the shadows

Fall across the floor

Emphasising the difference

Between what is seen

And what is known

Eventually you will tire

Eyes do adjust

As different objects

Absorb more light

Than others

But it is a foolish game

To play

As sleep has a way

Of creeping up

Unsolicited

There is an interplay

Between images

And imagination

Surreal connections formed

The world is alive

With lucid dreaming

When nightmares

Are a painful reality

Until the moment

Of waking

When a welcoming light streams

Through

A gap in the curtain

To chase all the demons

Away.