Slumber - Unwaking

If I should lie here under waters warm
Covering me with comfort in blue.
If I should remain with these dreams -
I am torn between duty and rest's due.

If I should fall into the darkness
The dimness of twilight's embrace.
If I should but listen to the rise and fall
Of the bodies' breath without seeing the face.

Then I will not finish my work.
Then I shall stay changeless.
Then I do not do all that becomes me.
Letting life pass away to fantasies.

You cannot condone this.
You asked more of me.
You were betrayed with a kiss,
While the others around You sleep.

To lie here now is not the same,
I listen now and wait.
But if my actions do not bear fruit.
Your words and death lose weight.

Not to all, just to me.
My own fall, Your hand given freely.
If I do not accept the hand proffered,
You must leave me to my fate.

A sorrowful truth.
A lost opportunity not regained.
Testimonial proof.
To quit now would be vain.

You gave me rest when I was weak
I was young and gave you grief.
You forbore me while I stumbled around,
Protecting me from the shadowed thief.

The valleys are dark
So overcast and deep.
The night is designed in part
For us to rest and sleep.

But when the day breaks swift and sure,
When the light shines through.
I see the works laid out before,
I know what I must do.