Before I Go To Sleep

Sidney - through my yawns, i make myself write to you. I have been neglectful, to say the least and i apologize with body and mind.

you are asleep at the moment and will wake up soon. we will join together and share in our nightly moment with the other. your smile will bring me peace and your soft and graceful cooing will melt my heart.

lately, you have been practicing laughing. It is a joy to listen to you inhale your giggles. You are now three months of age and have enjoyed walks around purgatory park, library visits with your siblings, picnics with your family and countless car rides - taking your brothers and sister places of entertainment.

I have to mention, before i fall asleep, that right now, Sting in playing in your room, Just like your brother Perry, your favorite lullaby seems to be from Sting. You are quieted instantly when it comes on.

i love you and i look forward to your awakening in an hour or so.

Youll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
Youll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in the fields of gold

So she took her love
For to gaze awhile
Upon the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold

Will you stay with me, will you be my love
Among the fields of barley
Well forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in the fields of gold

See the west wind move like a lover so
Upon the fields of barley
Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth
Among the fields of gold
I never made promises lightly
And there have been some that Ive broken
But I swear in the days still left
Well walk in the fields of gold
Well walk in the fields of gold

Many years have passed since those summer days
Among the fields of barley
See the children run as the sun goes down
Among the fields of gold
Youll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky
When we walked in the fields of gold
When we walked in the fields of gold
When we walked in the fields of gold