Sleep Deprived

Midnight crept in
but three a.m. ran
Before I knew it the sun was rising
and I fell out of Wonderland
Fell out? you ask
as if you think it's down below
But see, in Dreamland
Wonderland
is high, high above

I document these thoughts
in journals, pages bought
from the local giant bookstore
and read them aloud
to friends
who think I am crazy and need to stop
taking the melatonin

but I tell them, no, my mind never stops
and the melatonin shuts it off
even if the side effects are
bad dreams.

And because, in the daytime,
I see white rabbits out of the
corners of my eyes
and fairies ducking underneath the doorway
when I walk in with a handful of groceries

small glimmers of light and movement on white walls
and strange shadows dancing in the light
of my vanity

these are why I need a break
by the time night falls.


By Ashley Dodge©

Crush

Run with me in the rain
fresh and new inspired by grey
falling snow, slush and ice,
falling down-- we create snow angels,
leftovers meant to melt away
unable to stay for the night.

But tonight I have you
and rain will soak us through
but hold my hand,
walk me home.