Let me sleep

All that glitters is not gold

Is the proverb first I learned;

Was it right or wrong know not

Teacher told me forget not.

Once I got two bits of gold

Proud was always for its hold,

Friends and foes got envied

For my luck that none denied.

Kept them close my heart always

Giving warmth and strength by ways,

Dreaming of the brightest time

Which would bring the happy fame.

Time as usual rolled like flash

Pretty two have grown so fast,

Taught them both to earn their bread

That was easy for their mode.

I with cudgel guarded them

In my wake and sleep as well,

Helping enjoy life in form

In this world of unfair dell.

Nature’s law holds good for all

Young or old has no detour,

Ages seven that shaksphere tell

Sixth now take me in its toll.

Sense and strength stay wide apart

Like the sky and holy earth,

Seem both always stay intact

But they really meet nowhere.

So far did I find no one

In whose hands my wealth is safe,

Know not how long will I search

For my health is heifer’s heft.

Sleepless nights are giving fear

Of uncompleted duties left,

Hopping always had I never

Born to bear this rancor test.

Slumber quitted from my life

Tell me how to get it back,

Or else welcome Thanatos

Who will bless me final sleep.