Afternoon Nap

I never wanted to forget this nap!

Through the blinds, stripes of sunlight laze on my bed.

Another Monday, gloriously designed for my enjoyment.

After a rich meal of pasta, I lay back, rest my head.

A thick Bronte novel becomes my sole employment.

I read until the pages and sunlight mingle in a haze.

My eyelids droop, my mind is carried off into a daze.

I am soon in another world--on a roller coaster in a dream.

It has been many days, weeks, months, since I've had sleep so serene.

Hours pass by, my body's warmed by the sun. 

And I awake in a trance, piles of homework to be done.

Reality strikes.

But it was good nap.