Friday 1 March 2019

Sleep

















Sleepy//
      eyes are water bags
      burrowed into// a little-more-than-a-pumpkin//
unwilling to stay or leave//
maybe that's all between life and death//
clouds of unabridged pain


4 comments:

  1. A lovely one Sreeja. And profound. The last two lines remind me of Longfellow's Nature though the context is different.

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    1. Thank you So much...I read his after your comment... thank you!!

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  2. That cloudy pumpkin head! I'm joking because I have it often. Your poem shows me I should value it more, the unplanned late nights and going with my flow.

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    1. Lol...I was sitting with my son while he was studying for exams...and I can't manage it after 11 much....but it was fun to write this...enjoy yours....!!

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