What it is to Sleep

What it is to sleep

And never wake

To sink bound and heavy to the bottom

Of the lake

What it is to sleep

And dream a vision

To see every movement and detail with

Absolute precision

What it is to sleep

Ponder the ever weary

To see the sunrise everyday

The eyes bleary

They should ask of Joseph 1

And three days he shall tell

One raised back to glory while the head of the other

Fell

What is it to sleep.

1 Reference to Joseph in the bible who was thrown in jail, where he met two of the servants of the pharaoh. He interpreted both their dreams and predicted that in three days one would regain his position within the household while the other would lose his head.