Juliet Ligon Poet Rhyme

Wake Me

Wake me if I've become stationary,
satiated with the ordinary.

Nudge me if I am complacently numb,
ungrateful and obliviously glum.

Unfold my eyes if they're mindlessly closed.
Wake me from heedless sleep if I have dozed.

5-21-2021

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Quoth Theraven May 29, 2021 at 11:29 AM Juliet, This is so fine, the words you found. A Left in a transcendental moment in meditation. -Richard

Gershon Wolf May 22, 2021 at 8:05 PM Great message here, so elegantly expressed. You've shown the sunny side of 'Woke-ness!!' ~ Alive and Awake, gw Juliet Ligon May 22, 2021 at 9:49 PM Lol, I wasn't even thinking of that, but I like your interpretation.

Tom Cunningham May 22, 2021 at 2:24 AM We all need a nudge occasionally Julie. Tom Juliet Ligon May 22, 2021 at 9:48 PM We sure do because it's so easy to stay in the comfort zone if not given a little push sometimes.

L Milton Hankins May 21, 2021 at 8:20 PM Lovely, and meaningful, couplets, Juliet. I enjoyed reading them. Juliet Ligon May 22, 2021 at 9:46 PM Thank you.