April #AtoZChallenge and #PoetryMonth
1. To celebrate my appreciation of life
2. To experience the process of writing linked poetry, a form of Japanese renshi
3. To give thanks for and better appreciate a life well-lived.
The flowers are a colorful bonus for the #AtoZChallenge
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B is for Blessed Sleep and Bougainvillea
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| Scene in Kaimuki on O'ahu photo by Gail Baugniet |
Blessed Sleep
you count down from ten
then twenty, fifty, a hundred
to no avail.
Silence begs for shouting
to distract the thoughts
that won’t allow, grant, permit
blessed sleep.
Sirens peel strips of flesh
from your insomniac mind,
daring fingers and lips
to remain still.
This poem describes an accelerating reaction, as a taunting voice issues a dare to find peace outside the pain of noisy chaos. Sleeplessness leads to growing agitation. Worries mount, seeping into the conscious mind and likely assuring that any hope of sleep is futile.
What thoughts surfaced as you read the words of this poem?
