Sleep Infection

As Rumple in blankets,
I vegetate in unfilled torpor, 
Blind enervation adrift among
Extinguished stars, among dark 
Torpid galaxies where I am a stranger.
I find only dead planets, windswept and barren,
Where molecules of a distant living past
Are vaguely recalled,
And where conceptions, 
Convictions all collapse.
Exhaustion is an avalanche   
Making no distinction between
vacuity and repletness.
Sleep believes nothing,
Not even the animated chatter of 
My dreams.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Fowler Avatar
October 10, 2022 at 10:24 AM
"Exhaustion is an avalanche..." - wonderful phrase Thomas. In fact, the last 6 lines are fabulous. Linda
Wells Avatar
October 12, 2022 at 12:19 PM
Thank you so much, Linda! It means a lot to me that a fine poet like you values my poetry. Be well, always! - Thomas
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