Last Night She Dreamed A Crumpled Little Cloud Poem by Ben Partenay

She sleeps while sunrise slowly closes in
While somewhere near a rooster starts to crow
Last night she dreamed a crumpled little cloud
Where I can’t go

I’ve seen this look, I’ve watched her fight the sleep
I've seen the look of fire in her stare
But I can’t offer her what she most needs
A breath of air

But maybe night if I could catch that cloud
If I could sing her songs to fall asleep
If I could kiss her silent sleeping face
She’d find her peace

And somewhere I know dawn is closing fast
Somewhere there’s a dream that cries aloud
And somewhere lies a quiet dreaming girl
A crumpled cloud