Contributor: H.L. Dowless

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When I lay down in my sleepy bed,
my mom tucks me in with a kiss on my head.
Before I lay down to sleep,
my mom and I pray and I close my eyes hard
with ne'er a peep,
when I lay down in my sleepy bed!

When I lay down in my sleepy bed,
around my chin tightly go the snug sheets.
I feel so warm that I am almost asleep,
when I lay down in my sleepy bed!

When I lay down in my sleepy bed,
I have nothing to fear.
Though in the darkness I can
ne'er see her body,
I can still make out her sweet head.
I have nothing to fear
since Mom is always so near,
when I lay down in my sleepy bed.

When I lay down in my sleepy bed
soon out go all the dim lights.
Chairs now become soldiers
in the fury of battle at it's heights!
But I have nothing to fear
since Mom is still so near,
when I lay down in my sleepy bed.

When I lay down in my sleepy bed,
soon I breath deeply,
relaxing as I lay,
my eyes sagging sleepily.
But still I have nothing to fear
since Mom is ever so near,
when I lay down in my sleepy bed.

When I lay down in my sleepy bed
shadows now become shapes!
The shapes now become apes!
The apes love to dance and rattle
as I lay still and dare not tattle!
But I have nothing to fear
since Mom is somewhere so near,
as I lay down in my sleepy bed.

As I lay so still in my sleepy bed,
a puff of warm wind gently lifts me,
carrying me onward with all of it's might,
with the help of the moonbeams who
whisk me forward in great delight.
The fairies of the moon,
the warm wind,
onward we go,
on right through the dark night,
when I lay down in my sleepy bed.

When I lay down in my sleepy bed,
oh how my eyes do soon open,
and out my bedside window I see
the golden sun.
He peeks above the trees on the horizon
just to make my nights so fun,
when I lay down in my sleepy bed!


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The author is a thirty year veteran writer. He also teaches ESL offshore, and does whatever he can find that he enjoys doing when stateside.