Tag: awake

Now it’s Tuesday, A Haiku

Carl Setzer

So, it’s now Tuesday

Outside the window; darkness

Yet I must arise 

There are times I hate waking up

Carl Setzer

Dawn’s aggressive touch

Forcing me up from my sleep

Unwelcome, awake 

My mind fights me

Carl Setzer

Awake

Not my desired state

Yet here I am 

Fighting my own mind

What do I gain

When I win?

Awake Too Early

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​My relentless mind 

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p style=”font-family:"”>In perpetual motion 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Sleeping’s a challenge 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Awake against my will

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p style=”font-family:"”>Dreaming of dreaming 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Longing for slumber 

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p style=”font-family:"”>The machinery of my mind 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Psychological cogs churn and spin 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Whirring hum of my soul 

I’m not asleep

Carl Setzer

Night fell long ago
Yet sleep is avoiding me
I hear the highway

Oh sleep, I’ve requested your presence some time ago. Sigh…

Oh well, at least I can sleep in tomorrow.

So, I’m Awake

Carl Setzer

Yeah, well, I’m awake
Against my better judgement
Sleep’s power is strong

A Morning Meditation

Carl Setzer

Forcing wakefulness
I resist vigorously
Weariness grinds
I pull my dust together

And rise