Dream's Broken Sleep

Sleep doth not guard the dream wherein we dwell,
For fleeting visions fade with morning’s breath.
The woven spell of night no tongue can tell,
But falls to silence, subject unto death.

Our waking hours do weave a subtler scheme,
A living masque where shadows take their part;
Yet who shall say if life be more than dream,
Or but a phantom housed within the heart?

The stars themselves, though fixed, at last shall wane,
And time, that cruel thief, shall steal away;
Yet still we grasp at joy through loss and pain,
And make our fragile peace with fleeting day.

Though sleep dissolves the dream to nothingness,
In life’s brief play we find our blessedness.

The Song:

Dream's Broken Sleep

Sleep does not guard the dream where we dwell,

For fleeting visions fade with morning’s dawn,

The woven spell of night can no longer tell,

Through each day our dreams carry on.

Chorus

I will not close my eyes; sleep will break this dream,

Hold me darling let time not steal away,

The love we feel that will forever be

The dream in which our love will stay.

Our waking hours weave another scheme,

A living masque where shadows take their part.

Who shall say if life be more than dreams,

A phantom housed within the heart.

The stars themselves at last shall wane,

And time shall steal away.

We grasp at joy through loss and pain,

And make our fragile peace with each day.

Chorus

I will not close my eyes; sleep will break this dream,

Hold me darling let time not steal away,

The love we feel that will forever be

The dream in which our love will stay.

Though sleep dissolves the dream to nothingness,

In life’s brief play we find our blessedness.

Kiss me Darling, hold me close

We'll dream this dream in sweet repose.

Chorus

I will not close my eyes; sleep will break this dream,

Hold me darling let time not steal away,

The love we feel that will forever be

The dream in which our love will stay.