Thursday 7 February 2013

AUTUMN MORNING


AUTUMN MORNING

When the alarm’s blood curdling cry

caesars open the womb of the bed

I am born into the darkness of night.

When uncomfortable day squints

from its perch on the western street light

I open my ears and hear the sound

of car engines shifting in the direction of work.

When the sun reluctant with excuses

sticks it neck out of the east I

close up my dreams.

I must make a late start

to yet another winter.



Copyright Ruth Hartley 2012 Work in progress.

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