Lost Once Again--Wide Awake--In Eden's Articulate Garden
Sweet precarious slumber...
I am night falls eager muse
daylights withdrawn fiend
consuming my once heavy lids
yet--
the sleeping draught has plagued me
just as before.
If I’m quiet long enough,
I can hear the lingual effects
like listening to a voice
that won’t stop speaking
even after my tongue
has long since been tucked in for the night.
Mindless music at full volume
can’t block out the noise—
not when the sounds echo from within.
Unwillingly embraced
by the devious dawn,
the raw naked ideas
continuously flowed
like regurgitated thoughts
on the coffee-stained pages
of my frayed little notebook.
Where the pain is not dulled
but worshipped in her wake.
Lyrical blood-flowing bliss—
my left hand aflame,
my mind twice my own.
A figurative love affair
with artistic expression
playing hide-and-seek
among the salient words
lost once again—
wide awake—
in Eden’s articulate garden.
Contest: What's in a title in 14-20 lines Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Line Gauthier
Date: April 29, 2021
Copyright © Courtney Hubbert | Year Posted 2021
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