By Ajanta Judd All Rights Reserved – 7 pm 28/06/2020 Australian EST
Prompt 21; Hour 21: Write a poem about what you are longing for most right now.
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{Sleep}
Sleep tantalises me
teasing and cajoling
crooning her ancient melodies
once sung by the Sirens
in attempting to lure Ulysses
to his peril on the treacherous rocks
Her voice is tender and sweet
but when I longingly reach for her
she swirls out of my grasp.
Now, hour upon hour
I am compelled to chase her
As between each stolen snippet
of unconscious reverie
I am tormented by a torrent
of evocative words
that swirl and leap
from my weary mind
and plead to be written
lest they are lost
to the watery depths
of the underworld