In a Notebook...

I used to keep a notebook on my night stand because, I thought I would, in the middle of the night, write down my dreams. Well, after two years of staring at the empty, first page, I saw this.

Awakened each night

by these thoughts in my head.

They enter my sanctum;

accost me in bed.

 

The words form freely

on the edge of my dreams.

In the dead of night

they flourish, it seems.

 

Sometimes I’m convinced

I’ll remember tomorrow,

Then morning comes

and much to my sorrow,

 

the visions are gone

as quick as they came.

I must seize the moment

for time knows no name.

 

 

My nocturnal scrawlings

will not be for naught.

They embody my spirit,

portray every thought.     

 

So blessed or cursed

am I bound to her side.

This Lady named Poetry

keeps me alive.

 

 

Reviews

[cimmy wuv xxxooo]

Compleatly brilliant piece.
I loved it!.
A poem about how you simply cant sleep, and you just cant stay away from writing.
Writing is your love, your passion. You can't escape it. I feel the same way as im sure many other writers do. An amazing way to explain how much you love to write.
I love love love your rhyming lol.
Great job :P

[RonE317]

Thanks! So happy you liked it. I woke up in the morning and went to work, then returned home, sat at the edge of my bed to take my shoes off and noticed some scribbling on the previously empty page. Apparently I wrote this in the dark while I was sleeping. Since I don't remember writing it, I consider it a gift from the poetry gods...lol
Thanks again!

[cimmy wuv xxxooo]

Wow you really are a true poet writing in your sleep haha. Even I don't do that.
You are welcome :)

[W R Stowe]

Very good and very true,one time I had phrases dancing in my head and could not fall asleep until I wrote them down.Oddly I created a poem and showed it to a stranger at an outside terrace bar/restruant and she said this is me.Unfortunately it's back home on my paper notebook in Ohio but I'm in the Philippines right now

[RonE317]

Thanks. I would love to read your piece. Post it when you get back to Ohio

[W R Stowe]

sure will your welcome

[Gee]

Sweet.Enjoyed this.Moves along nicely ,good rhyming.

[RonE317]

Thanks Gee. So glad you liked it