Edited Version:

Poetry.com Last name: david, First name: phillip.

Azole

Mother of Sleep

Shamsher Albuquerque, my BIL, (45 years, died of cancer on 01 April 2002)

Thro' my curtains, thro' the opening, I see the glade,
Vacuumed inexorably, I shot thro' like a blade,
From a gypsy's palm; enmeshed in her gossamer
Of tresses and sulky looks, the Daughter of Death,
She whispered," Sleep is my name" and untangled me;
Beautiful, sultry, and smelling of crushed flowers;
She led me past The Spectre standing sentinel
At the portals of the temple- bony cortex,
And into this yawning vortex we fled along
Till we spied a pair of caparisoned buffalos,
She bid me to mount, set right my stirrups and we
Galloped thro' the blackness lit by the luminance
Of the eclipsed moon and fluorescent stars, faster
And faster we rode, the sweat poured in rivulets
Down the beasts' cloven hooves, my heart boomed and my back
Ached: in a flash I was in the penumbra of
Her soft white light; I sensed I was in the presence
Of Peace; Death, the Mother of Sleep !!

Phillip"Peedy"David

Copyright ©2006 Phillip Peedy David

Mother Of Sleep

Thro’ my window I see the glade,

A clearing in the bower;

Without my volition

I shot thro’ like a blade

From a gypsy sharp shooter

And fell among the tangle of her raven

Black tresses. The daughter of Death,

She whispered,” Sleep is my name” and

Pulled me up; beautiful, sultry, smelling

Of crushed flowers; she led me past

The Spectre standing sentinel at

The portals of the temple, a bony

Cortex, and into this yawning

Vortex we fled along till we spied

A pair of caparisoned buffalos,

She bid me to mount, and adjusted my

Stirrups and we galloped thro’ the

Inky blackness in the luminance

Of the black moon and neon stars

Faster and faster we rode, the sweat

Poured in rivulets down the beasts’

Cloven hooves, my heart boomed and

My back ached: and suddenly I

Was bathed in brilliant white light;

I knew I was in the presence of Peace,

Death, the Mother of Sleep!

ã Phillip ”Peedy” David

Unedited

14 February 2002 19:09

Enter supporting content here