Sleeping With the Muse

Sleeping with the Muse, my nights have grown short Sleeping with the Muse, all senses comport Sleeping with the Muse, words dance with delight Sleeping with the Muse, confronting my fright Sleeping with the Muse, her will tests again Sleeping with the Muse, not lover or friend Sleeping with the Muse, my dreams sacrificed Sleeping with the Muse, all rest put on ice Sleeping with the Muse, the whispers come clean Sleeping with the Muse, excuses demeaned Sleeping with the Muse, my spool is respun Sleeping with the Muse, divorced from the sun Sleeping with the Muse, in darkness I learn Sleeping with the Muse, my spirit confirmed Sleeping with the Muse till dawn’s freeing light Sleeping with the Muse —new verse to take flight (Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)