Waifs and Strays

 

They ought to put a blue plaque by my window:
she slept here
who, though she could not stay, yet passing through
had one night’s peace at least.



I watched you sleeping
and the world forgotten,
you clouded in blankets and
my eyes were moonbeams.



Sleep there still;
close your eyes against the day,
keep dawn’s prying hands at bay,
be still as you have been.