sleep prayer from bed rotting by Jai Mohan

sleep eludes me where i go;
i am weary! my life runs low!
let sleep fill it sweet again,
that i may sing for you.
my sentiments are true:

i sing the day and night,
my mind is at unease
my skin is full of sorrow,

my eyes are dry and aching,
my nerves are nervous yet
my joints are powerless
(my heart is breaking)
my heart zigzags today
and spirals down tomorrow.
(i beg and steal and borrow)

if i could but sleep through nights again—
if i once more knew dreaming—
i would brim with power
like water in the sea.
brother of death, son of night,
let sleep return to me.

grant me rest,
let sleep return to me

let sleep return to me.

• Alternative
• classical crossover
• indie pop
• queer
• singer-songwriter
• vocal
• New York