Sleep Calls

Sleep calls me to come to bed
To rest my head upon his chest
and let his soft, rhythmic breaths
Lull me to a slumber deep.

Sleep whispers in my ear
of dreamings to be had
with my body in bed
and my head in the clouds

Sleep inhales my life from limbs
and heralds the warmth
and comfort of the night.
Tiredness seeps into my bones.

Sleep pours sand into my eyelids
weighed down by the day.
Sleep is calling me to bed
I shall not keep him waiting.