Bedtime Prayer

I wrote it today. Just came to me.

Now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray to god to set me free,

From this hell I call my home,

I ask that I should leave alone.

If only I could leave this place,

Forget the violence and the hate.

I hope that I shall soon excape,

This home, this life, the world of hate,

For now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray to god to set me free,

So if I die before I wake,

I thank the Lord for my escape.

Author's Note

It's based off the following children's prayer:
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the lord my soul to keep,
But if I die before I wake,
I pray the lord my soul to take.

Reviews

[M O R P H I N E]

Amen! I remember the children's prayer very well. You've really written this beautifully...And I will now say what I think when I read this poem. It does reflect on someone who wants to get away from this "hell" which would be home. I imagine abuse and a lot of pain and sorrow. It's like their trapped. So the last resort is by almost...asking God to take them and by doing so, he'll be setting them free...just like a bird.
It's really sad but I think a lot of people will be able to relate to this. So thank you for sharing this beautiful piece.
Keep writing.

[MNeilsen]

Wow. So full of anguish and desperation. This is a prayer many people living in abusive home say some form of each night. There looks to be an extra word in the third line. "From my this hell.." But still Wow.

[Lunar Pup]

hehe I like this though christianity not my thing as we all should be well away of but im gonna take it in the lady and the lord sense so it makes me happy lolz ^.^