Saturday, March 17, 2012

Newish Poem


“Dark Sleeper”

Oh dark sleeper,
Not too close now,
Lest I become infected with that curse,
That black enveloping thing you call slumber,
Dark sleeper not too close now,
I don’t want to catch your disease,
I don’t want to fall asleep yet,
There’s a story no words can net,
A song no melody can embody,
All the letters fall through my hands,
Like endless black grains of sand,
Typecast and stormy,
Coaly ink and lost thoughts merging,
I haven’t reached it yet,
Haven’t earned my rest,
Dark sleeper, not too close now
I don’t want your ways to reach me,
Your infinite yawn to devour
Dark sleeper,
Not too close now.

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