A Late Start

I lay in a deep sleep

Forgetting everything and everyone I know

With my pillow over my head

My eyes shielded by the light

All I want to do is dream of a time that all I do is sleep

When I am so relaxed and peaceful

So in the moment to feel so refreshed just to lay and do nothing

When the working world has been in full swing for many hours

I am so happy to be in one spot

The same spot eight hours before

I can hear a distant sound unfamiliar yet common

One I should know

I am in a fog but the strange sounds soon stops

Ah I can once again rest

Then the aggrivating noise is back like a pain in my rear end

This time the beautiful world that surrounds me slowly begins to fade

Stop where are you going I silently ask ?

It is time for other things

What do you mean ?

All I hear is silence

I do not understand ?

Still only silence in return

Tell me again I still can't hear you ?

This time I am insistant and I keep asking

What do you mean ?

You will know and now I must go

I hear the noise now it is more distinct than ever

It has become clear the sound is the phone ringing

I rush up and not thinking almost trip

I catch my balance in an angry voice I say hello

Just calling to see if you are up ?

I am up now

O.k. I am on my way home

O.k. I will see you when you get home as I slur my words together

Now I wonder where am I ?

Now I wonder where was I ?

The time is almost noon

I am groggy as if I had a few too many the night before

Dry mouth and eyes still shut

I slowly walk my body through the motions

I slowly make the bed so I don't go back in

Off to a slow start looking for any thought

As if they were all lost and wandering around the streets without me

Now I know what it is like to have a day skip me and leave me all alone

In a world that is so different than the one that I currently live

I have returned to reach out and find a new way to give