New Poem: The Time Between

The Time Between

those mini moments,
the half milliseconds between
dreamscape and white-wash bedroom walls
when the sounds of sleep still sing
a gentle lullaby over the capricious
whistle of the alarm

those mini moments
the half milliseconds between
white-wash bedroom walls and dreamscape
when the blur of focus weighs heavy against
the eyes and threatens to quiet
the tongue

those mini moments
the half milliseconds that tick
between the sheets
pacing with tired muscles and slowing pulse
those moments, greeted in turn
by creeping cold and obtrusive sunbeams
when the breath catches in the throat
and rolls from the mouth, wisping
away on incoherent syllables

those are the moments
when time stretches
unfathomable into the chasm of itself
and respite and hope
blend in with the darkness
imprisoned and bound in the chains
of insecurity
their keys lost
in the void of your absence

2012. Ami Lovelace.  All Rights Reserved.

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