Sleepwalking

as we move on through our day to day
heading who knows where
the hustle and bustle of the there about
seemingly without a care

the ups and down in this show of life
the taking of the offering 
if we could see i think we'd find
that we mostly are sleepwalking

we slip and slide the routine
one foot in front of the other
along the way we eat and breath
so as not to blow our cover

making sense in all of this
mumbling as if talking
doing it like nobody's biz
the artful art of sleepwalking

wheeling as we're dealing
faking savoir faire
the sleepy path that we are on
is filled with our nightmares

we make our way through drowsy days
no hesitation in the balking
all we have made in this display
effortlessly sleepwalking
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Hoffman Avatar
January 24, 2018 at 8:07 AM
Very true Mike; we get so caught up in our daily routine we don't look at the whole picture of life it seems! An awesome write!~Che :)
Andresen Avatar
January 23, 2018 at 3:03 PM
- The title led me to this poem, Mike ... a poem of truth .... "sleepwalking" or "living death" as a zombie ... - A scary thought - Great written - // Anne-Lise :)
Pandit Avatar
January 23, 2018 at 12:41 PM
So much truth in your poem, Mike! You depicted well things we do from day to day..without taking the time to think... what are we achieving!
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