POEM STARTER
Submitted by Oddity
The Beauty of Being Asleep
Write a poem which could have this as its title.
Before I Wake
Not yet
A few more minutes and ill wake—but not yet
Don't let the light hit my face,
Cover the blinds
Hide me Inside the colder sides of the pillow.
Rewind it back, to a dazed state of mind
Were I take more steps motionless
Unguided by flesh
Resting open for moments left unspoken
With beauty often unshared
A few more minutes, to take time in this state
Pressed against the sheets, were linen fabrics meet halfway
Wedged between shaken earth and crushing skies
Not ready to wake
Don't let the honks and beeps of the world shake mine into collapse
I need its beauty spared