Was it a dream

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salute.

Lay me down to dream, you said

So I looked deep into your dark eyes

And whispered

You look so tired and weary now

Do you need some lullabies.

Shall I

Lay you down to dream, my love

For your days have been so long

You need to rest your head

Upon my chest

Hear my heartbeat as it

Sings our eternal soul's song.

I know your

Dreams may seem to have

Just flown away

And now you

Cannot recall them all

I don't know where to find them

Or how to call them back and make them

Stay

To enable you to walk blessed

And free

To smile at the sun and watch all the

Starlings play

But within these gentle hands

In their tender touch

Is every single dream I've ever had

And to share them with you

Is a wish

I now clutch

And all I love so much.

Lay close

Tightly in these arms

And think of all I've said

Then when you're calm,

I'll lay my hands

Upon your weary head.

And transfer every dream

Living in me into you

To send you to sleep

Dancing like a young child

In familiar old streets

Into that land of sweet dreams

Where we'll once

Again

Meet

If you don't know the way, my love

And you can't find it on your own

Just look to the midnight

Sky

And I'll appear

For you were never meant

To wander through

These

Landscapes

Alone

I know you

Have travelled many hard

Miles

Filled with so many soft tears

And sad nurses' smiles

On a recent notoriously

Dangerous route

And found yourself in perilous

Dark places

With no one to lead you out

For there seemed to

Be no familiar faces

But know this

Me and your Guardian Angels

Were there

To hold your shaking hands

And guide you back

Towards the light

Sent by the good Lord

The Almighty

For you are blessed

And our friendship and

Souls share the same

Road map

Forever lit up

Out of this friendship

This ancient love

And now you've come back

From beyond the grey waters

Of the Final Abyss

Filled with a new mission

As that illness lies in remission

Don't you ever go again

For your mesmerising light

And captivating aura

I know

I would surely miss

Copyright John Duffy