L. J. Carber Poet Free verse

The Sleepwalkers

I KNOW I am asleep--I want to awaken, but I don't know how...
so I sleep and sleep with eyes wide open and brain churning,
trying to wake myself, you, all the sleepers as they dream that 
endless dream we call life....

We sleep and dream, dream and sleep,but we never awaken, 
not even if we win medals of gold and silver 
or the purple hearts of war--we just sleep and dream, 
dream and sleep, all from the time we are born
until the moment we die--

THEN WE AWAKEN!

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Aditi Mishra June 17, 2020 at 2:55 AM This is such an honest portrayal of the race of life. We run, sleep, dream but never wake up until we die. You are a brilliant poet L. J. Congratulations on your win :) L. J. Carber June 17, 2020 at 1:49 PM You're making me blush, Aditi! But thank you [ though my best poems , if I'm honest, tend to write themselves, like magic!]

Connie Marcum Wong June 16, 2020 at 3:07 PM This is excellent with a brilliant ending L.J. Congratulations on your wonderful win! I fight insomnia almost every night. Blessings xxoo L. J. Carber June 17, 2020 at 1:50 PM Thanks Connie [re getting to sleep, I love my Tempur-pedic--go out like light on it!]

Carolyn Devonshire June 16, 2020 at 1:26 PM What a superb ending, L.J.! I really love the twist. Great writing. Congratulations on your win! Best wishes, carolyn Carolyn Devonshire June 16, 2020 at 2:43 PM Thank you for entering this terrific poem! L. J. Carber June 16, 2020 at 2:28 PM Thank you Carolyn, I am deeply honored!

Susan Gentry August 1, 2018 at 7:23 PM Congratulations on your win. Well done! L. J. Carber August 2, 2018 at 7:13 AM Thanks Susan, much appreciated!

John Hamilton July 31, 2018 at 9:46 AM Well done LJ enjoyed, congrats on a fine placement! L. J. Carber August 1, 2018 at 8:18 AM Thank you, John, I appreciate it

L. J. Carber February 4, 2016 at 7:46 AM Thank you, Silent One-- I find I feel like a 'sleepwalker' more and more as I inch closer to entering the next world.