little Sara’s sleep
by Raj Arumugam
Mum, says little Sara
Yes, darling, says Mum
Let’s not sleep tonight.
Why, sweetheart?
Cos, mom, have you never thought about it?
the world might disappear when we sleep
and when we wake
it may never come back;
so let’s watch over the world tonight
as everybody else sleeps
O no, Sara, it won’t;
the world will still be there
No, mom, have you never thought about it?
Like a cloud, mom,
if you don’t watch it
it will move
and sometimes change and disappear…
and so let’s not sleep, for the world may
be different when we wake…
OK, sweetheart, sleep…
Mom will watch over for you.
But you must sleep…
cos if you don’t sleep tonight
and I sleep
I might wake up in a different world,
so please, you must sleep when I sleep
OK, sweetheart, Mom will sleep…
But mum, we should not sleep…
have you not thought about it?
OK, while we sleep
the world might move around
and re-arrange itself
so people in China might wake up in America
and India will wake up in Iceland
and Mexico might be a city in France
and so mum, let’s not sleep tonight
or everything might move round
and you and I might wake up on the moon
No, darling I’ll tell the stars and the sun
and the moon and the land and the oceans
to stay still while we sleep
while darling Sara sleeps
Sara?
Sara?
Oh, you’re already asleep..
Good night, darling…
Copyright ©: Raj Arumugam
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The End
And that’s the End of the Poem
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