A Day's Work

Struggle and overcome!

Alarm clock rings! There’s the world at my throat!

I smile.

Profanely panting! Challenging my pride.

Begging me to tangle up. Abort cause!

I spit a prayer into the air. It’s gone.

 

 

Telephone rings! There’s demons in my ear.

I cringe.

Obscenely screaming! Ramming my resolve.

Tempting me to mangle truth. Reveal my claws.

I whisper peace; my nerves release. Their gone.

 

 

Church bell rings. There’s an angel in my face.

I rise.

Gracefully lying! Contorting morals.

Begging me to judge the All. Commence fall!

I sing a hymn of honest love. I’m gone.

 

 

Night birds sing. There’s a feeling of warm bliss.

I yawn.

Artfully glowing. Bleaching my darkness.

Lifting me to starry planes. I am whole.

I breathe a sigh, I’m by and by. I sleep.

 

 

Alarm clock rings! There’s the world at my throat!

I smile.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Dms]

Usually I'm not much taken to prose, but this I liked. There's a certain bluntness about your writing that makes it very reachable. The idea of the world at your throat, in your ears, in your face! I feel the same way from day to day until I finally come home and slip away into sweet dreams where heroes are real and the world is less antagonistic. I like the sentiment of this. This fight on with a smile mentality reminds me of a very old friend of mine.