Early Morning Calls

A poem Based on those calls that wake us during the night

Early Morning Calls

Away in a world of dreams
Nothing to trouble me
No nightmarish screams
Then a tone awakens me
from my slumber

Brrrrring brrrrrring brrrrring brrrrrring

Gaze down drowsily
Withheld number
Thought provoking
A call at such an hour
Reasons for this begin to tower

Drunken escapades
Thinking its fun to call
Needing to borrow some money
Bail for a late brawl

Then the mind darkens
its slow undoing
Thinking of the worst
Your front seat at the viewing

Calls from a hospital
Someone has passed
Friends are in trouble
This time it’s the last

Answering the phone
Unable to totally comprehend
But needed to be a voice
To help out this friend

Voice of reason
Agreeing and offering advice
Voice of anger
You have woken me expecting to be nice
Voice of judgement
You don’t deserve to be treated that way
Voice of praise
I’m so proud of you now get some sleep ok

Calls that awaken us
during the night
Sometimes welcomed
Sometimes aggravate
Unwilling to wait until light

Its our choice to answer
But if your ever alone
Think of yourself in need of help
And nobody answers their phone
 

Author's Note

A poem Written as I was woken early this morning by a phone call

please give honest reviews as always

And although there is a silent feature on phones would you prefer to sleep when somebody needs you ??

Reviews

[hedgehog]

my new favorite

[Stef Outsiders]

Apart of me would rather sleep, but if a friend needed me then no doubt ill answer... unless they were really drunk and being silly over the phone saying how much they love me or something... lol
Great write though...

[Winters_Lost_Walk]

Love the end stanza

"Its our choice to answer
But if your ever alone
Think of yourself in need of help
And nobody answers their phone"

Nice write, interesting topic!

[Alvin L. Kathembe]

Voice of reason
Agreeing and offering advice
Voice of anger
You have woken me expecting to be nice
Voice of judgement
You don’t deserve to be treated that way
Voice of praise
I’m so proud of you now get some sleep ok

haha!very witty

Its our choice to answer
But if your ever alone
Think of yourself in need of help
And nobody answers their phone

great last stanza...i love the way you pick an out-of-the-way topic and write it so well....keep it up!!

[Ashley Myers]

awesome statement!!!!

[♥Kaitlyn♥]

Very good. Very realistic. I think most people answer the phone. I know i do.

[M.Babu]

haha...great one!
Never read a poem about morning calls.
You've captured well the different possibilities awaiting at the end of the line:) Very creative and broad poem. Makes you want to question all the missed calls you've ignored.
nice

[trainwreck]

This is a very strong write, as usual. I prefer to always answer.

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

lol I sleep with my phone next to me on my desk so if it rings I can grab it easily. Before I started keeping it there when it would ring before I knew what I was doing Id jump up half asleep tripping and falling over things lol

this was a fun poem to read good job

[Dilan Gray]

I can relate to this poem! I am totally the person who sleeps with their phone so that if anyone needs me even just to talk, I will answer. So I really liked how relatable this poem was for me. I liked the images too. Good job!