{"id":3942,"date":"2014-05-13T00:03:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T05:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pathoftreasure.wordpress.com\/?p=3942"},"modified":"2014-05-13T00:03:52","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T05:03:52","slug":"ready-to-sleep-a-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prasantaverma.com\/index.php\/2014\/05\/13\/ready-to-sleep-a-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready to Sleep {a poem}"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fragrant<\/p>\n

Ready to Sleep<\/p>\n

At the crack of first morning, the sun bleeds through
\nholes in blinds, like a laser, hits my eyes.
\nWincing, I rise, smooth down hair, straighten covers,
\nstumble on wilted feet.<\/p>\n

I am small; the world is looming.
\nI am old; the day is young.
\nThe morning is yellow, and my hair is gray.
\nThe world is green and blushing pink Spring.<\/p>\n

I spill the coffee, pooling liquid mud on vinyl.
\nI miss the bacon, the red days. I\u2019d make hot oatmeal,
\nor cream of wheat, when it was still dark outside.
\nThey\u2019d grab their lunches and be off. I didn\u2019t know
\nthat morning would be so short.
\nIt was so short, that morning.<\/p>\n

How could night have come so quickly? I was barely awake,
\njust opening my eyes to the sun.
\nI hear them now, their footsteps like the rain.
\nI see them down the hall, in their beds, in the yard,
\npetals unfurling to the light.<\/p>\n

I hug the covers a bit tighter, I walk a bit slower,
\nI remember the past instead of dream what is to come\u2014
\nWhen did thoughts go backward? When does time shift?<\/p>\n

They are running, chasing their own futures,
\ndancing under the clouds. I can hear them
\nwhen I open the windows and listen to the wind.<\/p>\n

And I\u2026 \u00a0I no longer need coffee.
\nI no longer need the sun.
\nI wrap myself under the covers;
\nI am ready to sleep,
\nready
\nto
\nsleep.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

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