To lie down
In bed all night
And all day
Drifting in and out of sleep
As my body is inclined to do
To cover my eyes
And weep at the searing pain
But it would be okay
Because you'd be there
To make sure I'd be fed
To make sure I'd be warm
To promise me that everything
Would be just fine
In short, to take care of me

Rather stumbling through
Day to day
A soldier
Praying my knees don't buckle
With the wieght of my body
Mind
And heart
And the blindness
That comes from
Daylight