WHEN YOU CAN'T SLEEP

When you can't sleep, what do you do?

Just fret and worry, toss and stew?

That is a foolish thing to do!

It only makes blue things more blue.

Why don't you lie and just relax?

Forget about your income tax!

Then jump aboard your memory ship

And , back to childhood, take a trip.

Play once again the ages you played;

That causes fret and fume to fade.

The swimming hole, the rippling brook,

The funny story, cowboy book;

The fun you had, while just a boy,

Will prove that life has lot of joy.

Go tramp the field and woods again

Get lost once more in drenching rain.

Remember, when the bull chased you,

The fence you had to struggle through.

Or think of dolls that made you glad

And how you loved the neighbor's lad.

Go back to school or Sunday school

The pranks you played; the Golden Rule.

Repeat the prayers your mother said

Each night when you were tucked in bed.

Then, if you've taken my advice,

You'll find that life is pretty nice.

Perhaps you'll laugh, perhaps you'll weep

Then, in sheer gladness, go to sleep.

Dream Life