PATHYA VAT - http://www.thepoetsgarret.com/orient/pathyavat.html

THAN BAUK - http://www.thepoetsgarret.com/orient/than.html

YA DU - http://www.thepoetsgarret.com/orient/yadu.html

LUK BAT - http://thepoetsgarret.com/2011Challenge/form23.html

the melody

flows gently on

its way to me

say what you will

get your fill as

it spills through the

hills sharing life

I cannot sleep

counted sheep that

came cheap enough

heap enough wool

just a tool fight

a duel for the

school of hard knocks

there is no one with whom to share

there is no moon at which to stare

even the stars don't seem to care

even my dreams lead me nowhere

I am not sleeping like I know I should

in the back of my mind there is deadwood

that needs to be cut into firewood

I don't mind setting fire to the night

show me the moon under intense blacklight

show me true repentence deep and contrite

then lead me to a place where I can sleep

self-righteousness has no room to complain

it embraces all the gloom

then kills faith in the woumb

one more day of hazy skies

how long til we realize

beauty our blindness denies

sun sets on day of preparation

the Sabbath is in the air

now comes rest from weekly care

let me run the victory lap with you

let me write up the story

of the burdens you carry

I would give chase with you on stony ground

letting bygones be bygones

under the light of predawn

you know you can't win

you cannot begin

to count your troubles

or dig through rubble

of a broken heart

she knows that your sin

will tear you apart