Overslept Poems - Poems about Overslept

What does it look like

...It's always a battle,
Everyday is,
Always a battle,
Between life and death,

I forgot something,
I didn't check before leaving,
I didn't look before going,
Everyday's like this,

I didn't e...

Christmas at 6AM

...I walked like someone
who had just been forgiven,
but still didn’t know the way home.

It was because I overslept
in your room—
the hush of your breath
still stitched to my collar.

The rice...

Life

...Packing another day, time to say bye,
Neither happiness nor sadness, I think it's a tie.
Thoughts on my mind, what could I have done?
I can't revive; just regret the time it's gone.

Whenever th...

Let us make a Pizza

...He said, "Eye!"
 She said, "I!"
                                             
                                              She uttered, "Mayar Tee!"
           He muttered, "Slightly left turn, ...

Our Beach Vacation

...Wait
This can't be a mistake

The morning light
Is just too bright

We've overslept
Curled up in bed

Now we must rush
Gone that soothing hush

Toilet flushing
Teeth fast brushing

Cof...

abrupt adjournment

...I stay stationary, collapsed, in a room unlike mine
I stay bare, as I wait for my thoughts to align
the bloodied hand continues it's repetitive round
soon the dust in this chamber will have me dro...

8-8-2024

...Memories tell lies, 
“Behind enemy lines” is getting caught in my mind.
But “two twos” overslept, 
Behind glossed over eyes the secrets are kept. 

So memories tell lies, 
That you already know...

Annette

...A morning coincidence, to school we laughed and skipped -  
A cloud that drifted through the sky, from my mind it slipped. 
For many years and then forever, I would forget 
That happy race with th...

Once Upon A Time In Milton Creek The Conclusion

...It was still quite dark in Milton Creek, and it had just gone four
When Tom arrived at the sheriff's office, and knocked on his door
The Sheriff quickly opened up and beckoned Tom, to come insi...

Tardy Day

...overslept
playing on the way to school
Class started
after a while
Opened the door to the back classroom
little by little Opening little by little
while pushing in my head
trying to enter with...

Keys

...The weather forecast was right,
the climate did indeed change,
mother Earth threw a hissy fit.

Damage was done needlessly.
Good men and a few women wept,
most shrugged - as I do - did.

Citi...

Day of Die

...Tomorrow we overslept
today kickoff offering me
 only such big mess as is...

I Have a Headache

...I have a headache because I overslept. 
I overslept because I did not want to wake up. 
I did not want to wake up because there is little here that I enjoy. 
There is little here that I enjoy beca...

Deprived

...Deprived (sleep)

The small green light
on the radio dial... 
glares at me in the dark. 
It is like a lazar light show going off. 
I threw it out the next day. 
I bought a new one, 
and went ...

Vapour Trail Mirage

...Shafts of light caress the silver hinges
in my doorway, weaving shiny webs
around its oak  encrusted entrance.
Open razzle-dazzle in full spectrum
to a morning that has overslept.
As rainbows fl...

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