5th Day of Yule

5^th Day of Yule

Sleep

Sleep

In the deep of winter

When the snow blankets the land

In the snug warm earth

Or by the temperate sea sand

Sleep

For tomorrow and yesterday to dwell

In dreams of warmer climes

And the tales we may tell

Sleep

In the darkness

As we wait for the light

Dream away in shadows

In the longest night

Sleep

For the future

Will bring trials that spring anew

Remember well the past

But do not live there too

Sleep

Is the call of the forest

And the meadows

Of creatures tucked away

In nests and lairs in shadows

Sleep

Is the wish

Of the hunters in the night

Of wolves and owls

In the cold clear moon light

Sleep

Is the gift

Of winter’s peace

The shadows grace

Light’s trials surcease

Sleep

For dreams

Neath the winter snow

Preserve the past

That the future might know

Sleep.