Walk to a Dreamless Sleep

Just before you sleep
You may hear
The road you’ve wound down
Talk to you
Tell you the tale of your steps
How it’s heard every one
Knows exactly where you’ve been
And which way you’re headed
Where worms wait
With a familiarity so close
It will gnaw at you
And as the storytelling
The echo of each foot fallen
Lullabys to sleep
You’ll close your eyes
To a last good night
To moon and stars and all
Going out