schlafes bruder

[vagabond]

schlafes bruder (attempt at an edit; thanks to Youi, nibbed and CRNDLSM whose name i have to check everytime before i write it)

my lids turn heavy, tired times,
pale midnight calls me with low chimes
i follow her seducing notes
that draw me to an ancient boat.
the ferryman leans at the railing
asks if i ever have been sailing.
“close your lids” he says “and listen,
the sea grants anything you´re missing"

a whisper mumbles ´cross the sea:
“with me no force has hold on thee,
no vow required to earn my trust
and not a thing here is unjust.
I´ll strip all your regrets of meaning
just ask and you can find reprieve.
my place is warm, you´ll never chill
no doubt shall ever chain your will.
here you can fly with broken wings
and play love´s song on ruptured strings.
you only need untie the lace,
the last residual restraint”

a gasp for breath, confused, awake,
sheets gone, the fallacy decloaked.
no anwers wait in foggy seas,
all they can do is drown the queries.

schlafes bruder                  

my lids turn heavy, tired times,
pale midnight calls me with low chimes,
she guides me with seducing notes,
and in the fog, an ancient boat.
the ferryman leans at the railing
asks if i ever have gone sailing.
i shake my head, he pities me.
“close your lids” says he “and see”.
the ocean was behind my eyes,
if only i were deaf and blind.

but whispers mumble through the sea:
“with me no force has hold on thee,
no vow required to earn my trust
and not a thing here is unjust.
things cruel I will all strip of meaning
just ask and you can find reprieve.
my place is warm, you´ll never chill
no doubts shall ever chain your will
here you can fly with broken wings
and play love´s song on ruptured strings.
it´s all you need, untie the lace,
the last residual restraint”

a gasp for breath, confused, awake,
sheets gone, the fallacy decloaked.
no anwers in this foggy sea,
it only would erase the queries.