Submissions by rbolano

6:30am flashes as the siren wails,
Wake up,
Feeling as though sleep
Has pick pocketed your freshly pressed hanky
Leaving your mouth dry,
Eyes heavy,
And nose runny.
Is it sleep that deprives you?
That mid-REM awakening,
“Wake up! Wake up!”
Leaving you less rested
And with the need for caffeine
 
The last thing you remember,
Head on pillow,
Eyes closed,
Tomorrow’s itinerary
Scrawled across your paper mind,
And the thoughts “I’ll do that next week”,
“My teeth can wait ‘til the morning”…
 
A bursting diary,...

The door waits,
Lulling you into that false sense of solitude,
Aside rhythmic tapping echoed within a heartbeat,
Then swing - thud...

Shadow, do you feel that sense of urgency?
Pounding drum,
Racing footsteps,
Are they mine?
Are they yours?
Quickened pace,
Scarlet fever washing over me

Run

The once deserted lane
Looks the same from both sides,
Arm outstretched urging carcass to follow
Push through the door,
Turn to look at...

Solitude

And the door waits.

Here,
This place,
Full of joy,
Thirst quenching summer showers,
Loves young dream,
The child with the latest game,
The author flicking through his newly published book,
The adrenaline pumping through the veins of the finder of that First Edition at Oxfam
 
There,
That place,
Filled with sorrow,
Suffocated with a wet flannel,
Unrequited love,
Unwrapping that eBay gem to discover the seller’s deceit,
Writers block,
The blood boiling wrath on seeing her serve in clothes he donated – for ‘charity’
 
That Newtonian...