She climbs <br />a ladder in her sleep <br /> <br />as if she reached <br />the top of the night <br /> <br />clutching at a star <br /> <br />or see she swims <br />in an invisible sea <br /> <br />grasping at a starfish <br />I can not see. <br /> <br />I stroke her...touch her hair. <br />Her breath warms my hand <br /> <br />all my life <br />lies here. <br /> <br />Love smiles <br />asks me <br /> <br />'Why the tears? ' <br /> <br />'This child...my child...' <br /> <br />She turns & smiles <br />still lost in dreams <br /> <br />star in one hand...starfish in the other.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/star-and-starfish-for-helen/
