My addiction

Beauty!

That should be her 

Name 

For she holds us within her warm embrace 

While we toss and turn 

With dreams we chase 

Shh... Shh... She croons so soothingly 

Our eyelids are heavy 

Bodies are leaden 

Movements are sluggish 

And not soon enough the fantasies 

Claim us 

Just before 

With timing so perfect 

As if watching, waiting in anticipation 

For when we were to do something great.. 

SCREECH! BEEP! C**K-A-DOODLE-DOO! BOOM! WAKE UP YOU INGRATE! 

We are torn away

Ripped from her bosom!  

With a start 

We rise, our minds hazy 

See that time 

Has once again sped up 

As we slowed down 

Following our dreams, 

So quickly we silence 

The obnoxious enforcer, 

Too soon leaving the warmth 

Of our altars

Reminiscing on the comfort.  

Oh the places she took us 

Slowly, reluctantly removing the dregs of her

 Scent from our heads. 

Woe is me! Woe is me! 

We mourn her so desperately 

Ended so quickly

 By the hatred of her pestiferous enemy,

 But never will I be too far away

 From my one true love 

Sleep.

Author's Note

I didn't get much sleep as you can see. Nonetheless it's a rough draft. So tell me what you think.

Reviews

[John Smith]

The flow of this was really quite interesting. Early on I felt my self getting pulled into the flow of words and elegant phrasing. Then in the third section, the pace began to slow; only to suddenly crash. When followed by the short phrasing in the fourth section, it strikes a vibrantly stark contrast. I would consider adding in more punctuation (especially around these parts) for more deliberate effect. A very interesting read.

[Meraki]

Oh that's good thing! Thank you so much for the advice, compliment and most importantly taking the time to read this, it's very much appreciated.

[Sophie McN]

this is so lovely!! its so sad too but I love it, its sooooo good!!

[Meraki]

Yes I'm often sad when I wake up too haha! Thank you both for reading this and commenting on it, I appreciate it :D

[Tam Warink]

Very nicely done, Meraki! I saw a dream guide or other stateful companion. A great opening stanza:

"For she holds us within her warm embrace
While we toss and turn
With dreams we chase "

Oh and, "pestiferous" ... what an annoying vocabulary you are building! ;-)

Although I do have to wonder about the last stanza... is it sleep or the dreams themselves that we love? Possibly both. ^_^

100 perfect sleeps

[Meraki]

Thank you Tam for the pun I chuckled at and the wonderful review :)

[Meraki]

It's Sleep who is our guide to dreaming without her we wouldn't find dreams