I must doubt That I can lose This weight. To live without A sip of booze Then wait. And wait, and wait, and wait For the scales to tip And salt to not best me. It’s maddening. I must doubt That I have time To…

Mellow hollow, shaped by time, Safe, familiar, soft and warm. Where I sleep, sit and recline, Dawn to noon, to dusk, to dawn I mostly live inside my head, And leave my body on my bed. Prompt: Sleep Form: Ode  

I don’t love you, idiot! And I wish you would Stop! Just stop! I know what you want. So leave me alone. Your face disgusts me. What is it about your culture That leads you to believe A woman my age Might want to get…

My heavens, Tennessee! How lovely this has all been, to be Your many women Lord have mercy on my Little old pea-pickin soul, I Love what you’ve given! I love it. Indeed, I love them all In different ways of course. I’d call Amanda a…

Sleep on a silver-lined cloud. I relax against John’s back. Fall asleep facing that way. After I fall asleep, we can move. Staying awake from snoring is possible. Bandit climbs his stairs to my cloud. He noses his way under the covers and presses into…

I had a friend who used to say that sleep is for the weak. I guess I’m strong, as it never comes easily to me, even when it should. It’s a guest that’s often easy to avoid and never catches me off guard. Today I…

It’s been such a long day I need some rest, my thoughts are mangled and my eyes are heavy I hit my bed so cosy so warm, l fluff my pillow to lay my head on, maybe I will dream, with hopes it’s not deadly…

Dreams are the imagery of what we long for, neural playground for the literary soul, to wander, with flashes of memory, their fabric ripped and slurried, run with others, to rise dripping with thought and vividly there. Ripped and wrenched, stirred in the vat of…

Are you my friend or enemy? An ally or a foe? Are dreams and nightmares messages, Or warnings, or random, I don’t know. Fears and feelings given form, Beauty and pain and rage and joy. Promises, hope, and I have no choice. Must sleep, I…

Moonlight kissed the sky the moment you left And smiled With promise of no return. Where are you now? And what do you dream of? Where are you now? Who do you love? And what do you think of? Who do you love? I miss…