Sometimes I Sleep

Sometimes at night, when the sun has set,
I place my head down, or better yet,
I lay it with care and ease my worn mind,
Flowing out of all consciousness with time.

Sometimes I sleep for hours breathing so light,
And then I awake to find it still night.
The moon and clouds call me to their place
And I drift into worlds lost in the space.

Sometimes I sleep when the wind rustles fast
And the storm rages on like a thought in the past.
Sometimes I sleep, then sometimes I don't.
Sometimes I can, and sometimes I won't.

Sometimes I sleep, alone and still cold,
Never when I was young, but now that I'm old.
At moments I sleep when it's very serene
And the world around me exists as a dream.

Sometimes at night, when the moon begins to rise,
I lay down my head and close my green eyes.
Sometimes I sleep, if the night allows this to me.
Sometimes I sleep just to be free.