Tagged: sleep
maybe symmetry
maybe symmetry
is overrated, we lie
awake at night,
counting the minutes
up and down the
hours, dreaming
of a balanced diet
.
20230131:2021
y
morning flight, waiting
morning flight, waiting
on the tarmac for the wings
to be de-iced for
take-off, half the plane asleep,
the other half in bubble bath
.
20221220:1735
y
in the end, we may
in the end, we may
not find symmetry before
it finds us, only
if we are lucky, slipping
into an unwakeable sleep
.
20220817:1444
y
two out of every
two out of every
seven adults desire to
turn their space into
a sandbox – work, play, sleep, just
to feel the sand between their toes
.
20220805:0832
y
at the edge of sleep,
at the edge of sleep,
i am waiting for one of
your memories to
pull me down deeper, or is it
one of my memories, dead weight
.
20220630:0143
y
at four fifty-six
at four fifty-six
a.m., the sparrow starts its
daily chirps, calling
us away from sleep, we are all
the planet’s uninvited guests
.
20220614:2042
y
quarter keeping score,
quarter keeping score,
the neighbor and i wake each
other up in the
night, toilet flushing, floorboards
creaking, a simmering silence
.
20220327:0410
y
this morning’s elbows
this morning’s elbows
wake up sour, waiting for me
to give them a new
placement in the randomized
assignments of limbs on bed
.
20210811:0525
y
some memories are
some memories are
still magnetic, pulling you
away from sleep – in
the middle of the night, new
reflections obscure the message
.
20210606:1038
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