Sleepless Sun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The glossy screen

It reflects the dusk

that falls like velvet curtains

Around my bedroom windows

The smoothly engraved buttons

Will never change into elsewhat

The soft white light

Will keep on fading

In and out...

 

I will not peek again.

There will be nothing new.

I turn to my right

The pain on my left is a warning

About an upcoming crick in the neck

I shift away

I will not turn around

towards the soft fading light.

 

When I see you

I should look upset

Because you're smarter than

To be tormented with

such emotions like--

I should limply drown

Into your strong arched arms

And tell you the truth.

Whisper my weakness.

 

No. Scratch that. Rewind.

 

When will I see you?

Hold it together. He's not at war.

Patience. Virtue.

I can't even form

valid sentences.

Because you visit my thoughts too often.

 

When I see you.

I should seem formal.

As if I haven't been deprived

of sleep and commonsense.

I should look strong and charming.

Like I haven't been needing--

Like I haven't screamed into pillows.

And tossed them across the room.

No, no.

 

My eyelids are slowly giving in

like drowsy sea tides

leisurly waving the sunset

Farewell.

 

When I see you...

I will bake strawberry-potatoe pies

I will ride a goat and

race a truck.

 

I've been thinking too much about you,

Now twigs of my sanity are shuffling

And my map of words

Is split and fractured.

 

I shift more comfortably

On the bumpy matress,

And my eyes are drawn

to the soft flashing light -again-

and smoothly engraved buttons,

and the clean glossy black screen.

I know I might not
bother your thoughts at all
I know there will always be
this thin, brittle wall

but...I still wait
When will you call...?

Author's Note

*Image Title: sleepless''
*By: perikznc
*Link: http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=sleepless+in+bed#/d18qjrl

Reviews

[tshigg]

Nice Flow! I like the line " I know there will always be this thin, brittle wall but I still wait when will you call."

[Maya Storm]

Oh those sleepless nights... I have a thought if you are thinking of someone... someone is thinking of you.

[Japanese Cherry]

nicely written out, i enjoyed reading this!

[Calypso]

Wow so, so well written.
You've told a wonderful story here

[Kelsie Eileen Stark]

Very serene..

[*Evelen*]

I hate those sleepless nights that give me too much time to think. Loved this poem though. You did a well done job:) thanks fo sharing.

[Coyote Poetry]

A very entertaining poem. Easy to allow the mind to wander when we lay in bed and too much time to think.
"I will bake strawberry-potatoe pies
I will ride a goat and
race a truck."
Thank you for a outstanding poem.
Coyote