face the day.

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face the day.

Layers upon layers of endless pastel wool and silk.

Warmth and depth; rolling smooth and sinking into.

 

Awaken, tangled.

Startled and discomforted.

Clumsy and confused.

Rub my eyes on instinct.

 

Leg wrapped around leg.

Protective over restful sleeper.

But no longer.

Mechanically sliding my still-dreaming feet onto the ground.

Onto gray-faded pink carpet.

Toes searching for something to hold their passenger.

 

Cold skin explodes into a million goosebumps.

Stricken, shivering.

Denim and velvet replace my wool and silk...

Bulky layers surround me.

I must venture out and face the day.

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Crush commented on face the day.

11-03-2010

wonderful, simply wondeful. i am inspired when i read your words and heaven knows i needed some inspiration to write today. thanks for sharing. 10

AlysonAlive

11/03/2010

Thank you too, Crush! Glad to be of help. [♥]

ginga commented on face the day.

11-01-2010

Alyson, I love how your images come alive and burst into your life as extensions of your personality. Cool! ginga

AlysonAlive

11/01/2010

Thank you so much, ginga! ♥

dahlusion commented on face the day.

10-31-2010

This is masterful. I see your age and again I say, this is masterful writing. You are the real thing, a deep and profound teenage poet. "Cold skin explodes into a million goosebumps. Stricken, shivering. Denim and velvet replace my wool and silk... Bulky layers surround me. I must venture out and face the day"—this is beyond your years and yet it is you. BRAVO !!!!!

AlysonAlive

10/31/2010

Thank you so very much! ♥

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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