If overcome with grief <br />I have come to believe, <br />Empathy and compassion <br />Are outdated, a bitter lesson <br /> <br />Oh sleep, dear sleep, I plea, <br />Please don’t abandon me, <br />In your soothing arms <br />My pain finds the balm. <br /> <br />'Yes, people are emotionally crippled, <br />Cause of all crimes and ills... <br />No wonder you need sleeping pills… <br />I’ll settle on your weary eyelids, <br /> <br />If you hand over your worries <br />Before you are about to retire, <br />And surrender to Him, you will see <br />I was waiting by your bedside.'<br /><br />Mamta Agarwal<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-dialogue-that-opened-my-eyes/
