Wednesday, 1 December 2021

A Little Night Writing

 


There I was about my thoughts
With pen poised in my head
Tired words fell wearily
I felt like going back to bed

The blanket snug I left behind
Began again to beckon
The crawl up Steep-Step mountain
To sleep to dream to reckon

Not just any morning
So much more when up at four
A squeaky rhythmic pendulum
Cold feet walk on lino floor

Sipping slow a glass of water
My pencil waiting for a line
I fill in blanks on fresh white paper
Until something reads like mine 

Sometimes a day has just begun 
Too early fresh to keep 
Eyelids wrap my thinking box 
Return me upstairs back to sleep

Various ditties were written in the early hours

Here's a more recent one

On streetlight winter mornings No sign yet of daily travel As kitchen thoughts like lunch packs Are guessing games I might unravel
Among the many anythings Page droppings from my head I tune in to my tinnitus Which I can listen to in bed

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