"Heathluf"

Rest easy little one,
sleep a little while longer.
Stay content little one,
dawn will not come sooner.
Stay asleep my child,
keep calm and keep still.
Don't stir my child,
I won't move a muscle.
For dawn is far off,
its break has not yet come.
You are still a child now,
heartbreak has yet to come.
It will not be easy,
the day I will leave you,
you'll bury me by your mother
and we will wait for you there.
You will feel pain,
the days will be long,
the nights very dark,
but the sun will rise.
Oh how she loved you,
you were her greatest gift.
So soft and sweet and innocent,
a good gift to leave behind.
Be good, do good, be true.
I will not see you grown.
I will not see you prosper,
but I will lead you there.
So rest here, rest here,
its quiet but the world is restless.
Yet my world remains here,
in my arms before dawn.