Smooth as deep mauve
- murkiness,
silence ....thereafter...
make up a blanket of jet-black netting
around my bed every night....
I lie alone in the gorgeous setting
Curtains flap... flirting with the breeze
Thin swishing sounds sound like
the sighs of spooks
I watch,
alert eyed...
Swinging moon
dragging the tether
Stretches on my white bed...
Night smiles in insouciance
I butt my head in all directions
And start counting .....
..............the dolphins on seas
the grazing flocks
the meteor's pitter patter
Mind runs forward
from one end time
To the other...
Sleep comes
Circling the final countdown-
I steer through beauteous dreams
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- murkiness,
silence ....thereafter...
make up a blanket of jet-black netting
around my bed every night....
I lie alone in the gorgeous setting
Curtains flap... flirting with the breeze
Thin swishing sounds sound like
the sighs of spooks
I watch,
alert eyed...
Swinging moon
dragging the tether
Stretches on my white bed...
Night smiles in insouciance
I butt my head in all directions
And start counting .....
..............the dolphins on seas
the grazing flocks
the meteor's pitter patter
Mind runs forward
from one end time
To the other...
Sleep comes
Circling the final countdown-
I steer through beauteous dreams
© Me.
Sharing with Poets United Poetry Pantry.
come the night sleep takes flight...."And start counting .....
ReplyDelete..............the dolphins on seas
the grazing flocks
the meteor's pitter patter" dolphin and meteor images are exquisite...
Thank you, Sumana...
Deletefalling to sleep.. nice images...
ReplyDeleteThanks Natasha... ;)
DeleteSo beautiful...lovely imagery, and perfect thoughts for drifting into sleep.......
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sherry!
DeleteHow nicely you have described the long moments before the much awaited sleep finally descends steering one through beauteous dreams.It eludes some till dawn breaks.
ReplyDeleteThanks much, Parthasarathi...:)
DeleteAs someone who has bouts of insomnia periodically, usually in the middle of the night, I can totally relate to your poem - especially the different ways to find sleep. Very nicely expressed.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gabriella....:)
DeleteBeautiful lines!
ReplyDeleteThanks Privy...so good to see you here :)
DeleteLovely as always. In the cloud of automobile smoke and haze rising as high as the high rise apartments, how many times do we see the moon these days?
ReplyDeleteVery pleased to see you here, Indiawilds...Thanks a lot!! :)
DeleteSo dreamlike, yet so vivid.
ReplyDeleteSo pleased to see you here always, McGuffy! Thank you.
DeleteHello Dear Panchali!
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I am glad that you are using a picture bird blackbird as cover.
It is very nice. I have no objections.
I send kisses and greetings.
Lucia-Maria of Polish.