perhaps to dream

[A first-collab effort between Tallen & cabcool]  

please take your time  
i just woke up  
high on my first black cup  
my coffee shift  
conjures the sun  
confessing night is done  
 
the early morn  
when night is gone  
leaves dream stuff on the dawn  
of memories  
of bygone days  
when hopes were still ablaze  
 
abort the sun  
for dream and wake  
give me an equal ache  
oblivion  
swift flames cascade  
deep-kissed within my head  
 
going through the throes  
half-wake, half-sleep  
half-wading in the deep  
my tongue no more  
conveys my speech  
my mind is in a breach  
 
asleep? awake?  
a lucid dream?  
a nightmare with a scream!  
the day is better  
i am sure  
when slumber feeds me more  
 
i’ll take my time  
before i wake  
to splash in sleep’s deep lake  
perhaps to dream  
of better days  
and happiness always  
 
© 2019 March 17  
a Tallen-cabcool collab.