Sharp tics and sounds
Air tossing and turning
Bells
Bells ringing and ringing and ringing
blink
breathe
Heat. Stuffy heat
Tossing
Turning
Upside
Yearn ing
R e a c h ing
Fall i ng
Crying
Waking
blink,
breathe
Left
Right
No
Take another
Yet another
Turn it over
Repeat
blink, breathe
Images — so many images
Absence
Return
Some with meaning. Some dawdle.
Absence
Return
Lingering
Oh, so accursed.
Blink and breathe,
blink and breathe.
breathe
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
I gave it a dag-gum NINE. You lying in bed can't go to sleep? Very interesting poem. Want more! S.