//------------------------------// // Mail Mares Can't Call In Sick :: Derpy Hooves // Story: Silver Words on Burned Pages // by Silver Thread //------------------------------// Downy lies the tired fay Silken-born in soft dismay As does end the tired day She shan't see the sky Cold the wind, so crisp with dew She shall be the sea in lieu Of the ocean's kiss of blue May it bring some rest As with many fillies now As the tired Moon does bow And the sun does peak her brow Never did she sleep Thoughts like spears in candied hooves Wrack her mind while wake ensues Another restless night to use To take another day Sleep the day, and no tomorrow For the night best cradles sorrow Maybe now she can but borrow An aching head, and a waking day All this world means for rite Work the day into the night So for Drip Drop comes the light And sleep, another day