from I Am Heading Homeward
~Rod McKuen

I am heading homeward
let me go.
The heart grows tired,
timid and afraid sometimes.
It needs to rest
as much as any head
on aching shoulders.

If I can go on
dreaming up safe seas
and seaweed
my mind will stay well,
but this old heart
grown older by its own mistakes
needs resting and a resting place.

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i am so tired... please let me rest.