Awake Poems - Poems about Awake

...Under the veil of eternal shadow, sown with lost dreams, It’s no use closing your eyes, you must keep them open in the dark, This is my creed, I’m not speaking of sleep, I’m speaking of what I bel......Read the rest...

...The gentle patter of rain, Whispers of water falling from the sky, each droplet carrying a tale shared with the soil, lightly drumming on leaves, stirring the greenery awake. Puddles mirr......Read the rest...

...I’m roused from precious sleep, instantly alert. Listening for you. It's a skill all mothers master, flipping the switch from asleep to awake. I remember when sleep was an ocean, endless depth......Read the rest...

... A vacation was needed, off on a cruise we were treated. Great cabin, food, parties and shows, now in a chair with a book about a rose. The seas got really rough, off the desk went our ......Read the rest...

...Ashore at last The night in the hallway paled into a yellowish screen showing a black movie, ca 1963 A time machine of memories sent him back to the years  to meet people long since gone. A fa......Read the rest...

... Make haste arise, assert the words. Salute each term that now gabfest. In mid of night they waltz, serenade; Jovially jolting a rem-sleep state. Appease them please, awake, awake. Y......Read the rest...

...living in fears thinking the dark have something cold air and dim light maybe there's someone standing me with my 26 of supportive years sleeping in one room i hear noises and whispering of ......Read the rest...

...My sleep evaded by the rabble running through my head, I pull about my wrinkled sheets and scuttle out of bed. I sign upon the secret line to enter Poetry Soup, and once again, now......Read the rest...

...("Eye of Storm", original encaustic, 2017) Epiphany I’ve had two major epiphanies in my life, And I figure three is all we really get. So far they are following a pattern Of thesis/an......Read the rest...

...The morning sun illuminates my bedroom window causing me to awake A breathtaking journey through the forest I am soon to partake Nature has invited to be part of its day Promising to enlighten me ......Read the rest...

... Here’s a beautiful thought to begin your day as the morning’s about to break… May you be blessed not to stop your dreaming just because you are awake. ......Read the rest...

...It’s still light out. I shouldn’t have fallen asleep so early. She wakes me up and yells at me to eat. It’s 6:00 pm. But she can’t stop me from falling asleep on my homework at 7:00. When I lie ......Read the rest...

...Pristine walls surround me, as the beeping hurts my ears. My vision blurs once more, and within moments I'm wheeled somewhere I can only describe as deafening. A young girl around my age scream......Read the rest...

... What if I, perchance never do awake? My solace in eternity to partake. Existing in a realm of God, not of men. Joy, g......Read the rest...

...Slow is better, slow down now, let go of thought and allow, music of soul, to surprise, as does at dawn, the sunrise. To hold poise in midst of noise, as soul presence that enjoys, the gap at......Read the rest...