One Morning

 

 

         

 

 

 

One Morning

The greyness of the hills glows warm,

The greyness of the fog rolls out.

All over, a dim, yet present, shade

Of soothing sunshine dresses the world.

A light aura gradually envelops my room,

While a cat nuzzles in the covers

Of my bed.


The paleness of the light grows thicker,

The paleness of my face bleeds richer.

On the hearth lies a fire, crackling, spitting,

While the breakfast begins to warm.

I slowly begin to exist for another day,

While I vainly wrap the covers

Around my head.


The strongness of the walls helps greatly,

The strongness of my bed detains me.

I am forced to yield myself awkwardly

To the cold, stinging floor again.

I stumble to the kitchen unaware,

While the cat jumps from the covers

To be fed.


The fullness of the sky is absurd,

The fullness of my life is a pleasure.

My agenda of this day, this week,

Has not an available opening.

I think of everything that has happened,

While I pile all my book on the covers

To be read.


19 Dec 1985

 

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