Today is a holiday in Portugal for celebrating the Body of Christ. Early this morning I was with a very dear friend who is a nurse. She reminded me that some people have issues with sleep because they are afraid of dying… this has inspired me to write a poem. It was written while I was waiting for the ferry to take me back home. Wrote it by a tree and when I felt it was finished, it was time to go.
Dedicate it to those who find trouble in sleeping because they might transit during the night:
“YOU CAN GO NOW…
I gave you all my love
And now I release any vow.
May these warm tears
Roll into the sea of life
And you feel in this water my arms embracing you.
All the hands you held,
are holding you now.
All the love you shared
Is carrying you now.
And in this sleep,
May the winds carry you
Gently as a soft warm breeze.
You can sleep now.
You can go now.
You can relax now…
All that we shared is treasured
And kept in a capsule embraced
In the eternal now,
Where there is nothing to do
But to open
And remember.
You can go now
You can go now
You can go now.”