Rest Assured...

...And Sleep Will Come

Work will be done
to make this earth
more like some heaven
There will be sweat
perhaps much of it
Bodies will grow weary
Minds will lapse
...and Sleep will come

Eyes will be opened
and see many things
Some will be compelled
into a closer look
Hands will reach
for things to hold
Feet will travel many miles
Shoulders will carry many burdens
and all of these will tire
...and Sleep will come

Lives will be lived
as others
  begin
  fade
Societies, ages, eons, empires
will rise
will fall
...and Sleep will come

Dreams will go on
and end
and begin
Nightmares will endure
expire, end, and return
Love, hate, virtue, folly,
  and everything
will be
 Seen
  Missed
   Remembered
     Forgotten...

...And Sleep will come...