Leave Me Alone

Leave me alone!
Yep, that's what I said
 as you dragged me out of my bed.
The night is filled with dreams
 and I have no desire to escape their scenes.
Pull the covers off
 tickle my feet as I scoff
I'm tired and want to sleep
 and I'm still groggy finishing the images I keep.
I was a hero, some marvelous ceation
 able to free the prisoners of hell and damnation.
Let me sleep, just a little bit longer
 while the visions are fresh in my slumber.
Let me be I say
 leave me alone for today
I'm sleeping in unable and unwilling to awake
 to a madness of little give and a multitude of take.
Leave me alone
 yep, that's what I said
and your reply cantankerous as it was rang in my head
 that I could sleep long after I'm dead.
So, up I rose with a shaken start
 thanks for reality, dear heart.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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February 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
"Leave Me Alone" is about three fanciful words that mean nothing apart but when put together make magic. "Leave Me Alone" should be every bedroom's motto. "Leave Me Alone" should be posted above every bed in the kingdom! Yep. That's what DM Babbit said. A sassy and realistic, relatable poetic work.
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