Tag: sleep

VERSE | NIGHTFALL

On By Mahvash K. M.In poetry, serenity, womenwriters, writingLeave a comment 
Twilight descends upon the world 
All is bathed in a pale golden shimmer
The cacophony of daytime 
Has softened to a gentle murmur

Soon the leaves begin to whisper 
In the branches of the trees
They nod their heads in time 
To the playing of the breeze 

A serendipitous cloudburst 
Falls softly on the grass
Before she mists our eyes with sleep
Earth cavorts in one last dance 

Birds and beasts have disappeared 
Under the velvety cloak of night 
They all settle down to sleep 
In the twinkle of her star light 

The night time creatures stir awake 
There’s a chirring in the air
A low hoot, the flap of wings 
The darkening world is now theirs 

As eventide wraps her arms around
Our earth of blue and green
I too lie in the hollow of her hands
And wait for restful dreams

VERSE | THE SWEET SPELL OF PAIN

On By Mahvash K. M.In poetry, serenity, verse, writing2 Comments 
Barefoot I walk onto the path 
I don’t know where it leads
I’m propelled, compelled forward 
By the sensation in my feet

Onwards they take me further and further 
There’s an airiness in my heart 
I step lightly, sprightly forward 
Along that glittering path 

I look around me as I walk on 
Nature is everywhere 
A butterfly flits close to my toes 
I want to stop right there 

But onwards I walk, I skip, I leap 
My feet have a mind of their own 
They’re taking me down the scenic route 
So on and on I roam 

My face now wears a little smile 
My atoms are swaying too 
And my feet they keep the rhythm
Glide one-two, one-two.  

A melancholy melody almost a moan 
Comes wafting in on the breeze 
I close my eyes, feel its ebb and rise 
As I stroll in the bower of trees 

There’s something else that I can feel
Hiding in the shrubs nearby 
Heavy, leaden, bruised and raw
It’s getting closer all the time 

As I walk with eyes closed my eyelids fly open 
Everywhere is shadowy grey
For a little while there in my sleep 
My aching feet had swept me away.

VERSE | ALIVE

On By Mahvash K. M.In hope, poetry, verse, womenwriters, writing3 Comments 
I sit with the sweet pain 
Of remonstrating muscles 
Aching tendons 
It’s been a good day 
I’ve clocked my vital number
Of steps again 
Day Eight. Eight days. Day Eight
Of doing my best 
The precious little victories  
Sit like shiny safety pins 
In my body. Their lancing points 
Glimmering. Abrading. Wounding 
Forcing tiny trickles of red-hot plasma
To run outside my veins 
In the sweet agony of pain 
Reminding me that I’m still alive
I’m still surviving, still striving
Still clocking all the steps 
That keep this life ongoing
Going on. Ongoing. Going on 
I breathe in deeply. Tonight 
I am serene, there will be no dreams 
To torture or torment me. Tonight 
In Sleep’s benumbing arms
I will lay down my head
I breathe out, uncoil, soft-ache-bound
As I sink into the swelling seams of my bed.