Dormez-Vous
Dormez-Vous
by Laura Summerville Reed
Dormez-vous
Time and Distance?
Are you sleeping?
The passive-aggressive blink
from the light emitting diode
has conspired with a laconic moon
Persistent silence
framed in my window
And from across the room
Marking minutes keeping days
Asking to be excused
Snidely suggesting
this late hour and
my reasons do not account
for the phone in one hand
and a highball glass in the other
Time is at a premium
I need company
but my Plastic Jesus isn't talking
and all his saints are sleeping
Dormez-vous?
Distance is not for the fearful
I’m seeking solace
In voices I've never met
Laughter is the best medicine
Medicine is the best medicine
LSR 2011©
Comments
Beautiful poem and point noted. Laughter and fellowship should always eclipse pettiness and annoyance. Beautiful Laura...
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Thank you, my dear Augustine. Thank you.
Beautifully written!!
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Thank you, Audrey. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. ~ Laura
Wow, beautiful. Mesmerizing, really. Voted up and all but funny. Really loved it!
What a well written poem. I enjoyed the last stanza, you closed this poem beautifully. Thank you for a great read. Jamie
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Victoria Lynn and jhamann, thank you so much for the lovely compliments on the piece. I'm so glad you both enjoyed it! ~ Laura
How you've been missed! And now - here you are, if sounding a little strained, perhaps? Let's hope there's solace in voices you've not met (here?) and the medicine available in being cherished! Hugs. Of course, your poem is well done and gets my votes!
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My dear Nellieanna, I have missed the soothing balm of the beautiful voices in this place. Thank you, dear lady for
your kind words.
I can really relate to your phrases:
for the phone in one hand
and a highball glass in the other
It is because of one that I don't use the other . . . and I wonder if the two will flip and the time will come and things will change when I will use one for the other.
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Hi Truckstop Sally, you are a wise one, indeed! I'm a slow learner, and the advent of texting has only helped me put it in writing, haha!
Ding, Ding, Dong, Ding, Ding, Dong....This has all the characteristics of a five-hour energy drink stirred into a glass of warm milk and scotch. Could it be that we live on the upright edge of the razor blade so much that getting off is not an option even when the time comes to sleep? Maybe that's also the reason why TweetyBird said, "I thot I saw a puddycat! I did, I did see a puddcat!" Nice work, girl! WB
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Wayne Brown, as always your comments to my writing are as thought provoking as the circumstance that led me to muse them to paper in the first place...and they make me smile, as well! ;D
Wow , the images flash one after another , I like that , write on girl !
This Is such a fantastic piece , I adore it. Thank you~
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ahorseback - thank you so very much, your encouragement is just what I need! I will!
Awful Poet - well, I just don't know what to say...wait, yes I do...thank you so very much!
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