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I decided to take a chance on this poem. I don't kno where it came from, but I knew I wouldn't be able to get it out of mind unless I did something about it. So I'm doing something about it.



Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray to god I will not weep.

If I die before I wake,
I pray to lord what pain will take.

If not die Before I wake,
I pray the lord what he will take.

Please don't let him come at night,
Or fill me with unearthly fright.

Let him come no longer,
So that may become stronger.

Keep my heart light,
So that I may fight.

Help me listen as the wind whispers my name,
Though nothing will ever be the same.

Help me right this wrong.


Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the lord my soul to keep.

If I die before I wake,
I pray the lord my soul to take.
"What is dead my never die, but rises again, larger and stronger..."

*Ride like Lightening, crash like Thunder*


"Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies..."




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It sounds like someone who is preparing for a battle or some other task that may very well end in their death. The first half was very coherent but the second started to unravel a little. Not bad, but like the focus had been lost.
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It sounds like it came from the movie my soul to take. The imagery was missing, rhyming went weell but you must have noiticed glitches ion ur grammmar, I also found redundancy and confusion. I don't know it sounds like a prayer- guess thats the idea. But I seemed to feel that it was a copy or sth similar of the traioler of my soul to take.
"The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it
regularly went cuckoo."
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This poem is just another version of the 18th century children's prayer 'Now I lay down to sleep'.

The original prayer features in Metallica's 'Enter Sandman', Megadeth's 'Go to Hell', Snoop Dogg's 'Murder was the Chase' and Seagram's 'Peace to you', not to mention several movies that also use it. 'The Haunting in Connecticut' and 'Silent Hill' franchise.

I can't really say your version of the poem was especially original, given you used pretty much the same words as the original.

You should also have proofread your work a bit more because there are several passages that are confusing, and you seem to have forgotten words.

Keep writing and improving. I wish you luck.



For according to the trollish philosopher Plateau, "if you wants to understan' an enemy, you gotta walk a mile in his shoes. Den, if he's still your enemy, at least you're a mile away and he's got no shoes."
— A Blink of the Screen by Terry Pratchett