night watch

You've woken too long to keep this up
I know, you have so much left, so much
but
it will have to wait.
I'm sure it will
keep.

Sleep tight, dear one. And dream
that gigantic, shadowing figures
tens of thousands of feet
tall
stand guard looming over
pretty much everything,
keeping watch. Or something

equally reassuring

- and when you wake,

run to the window and see

but wait!

not now

first,
sleep