Poem: Recipe For Rest (By Nancy Byrd Turner)

This soothing and reassuring poem for sleep is ideally suited for those who prefer a short wind-down at bedtime. Allow Nancy Byrd Turner's gentle words to wash over you, helping you to rest, relax, and prepare for restorative sleep.

Please do not drive or operate machinery whilst listening to this recording.

Transcript

Recipe for Rest by Nancy Bird Turner Lie still and mark the comfort and the blessing of the dark.

How gently in the hollow of its hand,

How quietly it holds the trusting land.

The stars,

The dreaming boughs,

The folded wings.

Think on these things.

Remember long ago how when the shadows used to gather slow,

You put your treasures down and faltered home.

Happy with play,

But glad the dusk had come.

Your eyelids drooping in the sweet twilight.

Remember this tonight.

Be safe,

Be still,

When dawn shall wake you at your window sill.

There will be beauty in the morning's gold.

There will be strength for all the day shall hold.

But now the night has taken you strong and deep.

So,

Sleep.