A Drowning Sleep

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sleeping in a storm, it's practically impossible, but without it, the body and brain stumble and make mistakes. Mistakes at sea can and have been costly for many

A Drowning Sleep

See
foam-y
ir-reg-u-lar
toss 
Tossing
tossed

salt-y
whip
roll
@@@
sky
sea
@@@
sky
sea

roll & roll @@@

bottom of sky - top of sea and again!

horizon?

OH! sleepisadreamaway
aslidingdownthefaceofawaveaway. 

oh lord

sleep

illusory

sleep hide and go seek

ah, sleep.

Stuffed into this maelstrom's pocket, 

OH mean-spirited thievery!

ohh Sleep

drowned in Davy Jones' Locker--sleep

screaming

doesn't help.

at 

all.





 

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StandingBear commented on A Drowning Sleep

02-14-2011

Waves roller coaster height storming the bow, stealing winks. Mistakes at sea must surely be tiny, tiny, tiny ones. Set sail! Ride the storm out!

VoiceMilkNHoney

02/14/2011

indeed, indeed, StandingBear and thank you for commenting!

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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