night watch

night watch 


glib sandman
restless mind succumbs
he laughs
she rises from the sheets
of a blank white opportunity

he sits sleepily
drifts into her world
eventual meeting of the ponder
to the pen
to the pillow

sandman frowning
as the smile
in feathered lightness

allows the glow of garrulous
adventure to dim
and the poet to find
blessed stillness of thought
to fabricate a few moments
of slumber...



erin-cilberto
7/28/16

Reviews

[Vatsal Rohilla (account..]

Paper is like ever-inviting stuff. The white, bright sheet of paper is so very tempting that one can't help writing. This is what writers do. Loved the personification of paper. And the idea of the rising of blank white opportunity from sheets is superb and full of feeling. A very good piece of poetry. Keep writing.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your very kind words, Vatsal.

j.

[andrew mitchell]

a pondering reader's write j, reads like a poet wanting to sleep yet waiting for any last thoughts to appear, to write down before slumber, and i can't quite help that she is just a piece of paper lol more than a person but that's me

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i appreciate your take...ah more than a person...thanks my friend.
j.