Sleep

Tea, chased by coffee, followed by more tea,
when I was young and had no respect.
It’s more stagger than swagger these days,
when I ignore that need.

I used to complain about
all the things I could get done,
if I didn’t have to.
Now I marvel at how little I can do without it.

Song Choice: You Learn by Alanis Morrisette
This poem was created from a prompt offered by Magaly Guerrero for NaPoWriMo (Day 23: Pain and Sleep)

20 comments:

  1. Thank you for your visit to my blog. The layout was purposeful for the Bulldozer. Happy you think it worked.

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  2. It's the "memory gap" thing that winds me up lol...sure I went to bed, just don't remember sleeping :D XXX

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    1. Ugh, that's the worst! You know you just lay down and then, what the heck is morning doing over here? I really want to smack my college self for taking it for granted.

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  3. Story of my life, lady. :-) Caffeine might as well be a food group or a macro-nutrient because my body doesn't work without it.
    Good write.

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    1. I don't know what I'd do without caffeinated goodness in my life!

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  4. "More stagger than swagger" -- great line!

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    1. Yeah, and it isn't a cool Johnny Depp as a pirate stagger. More of a Dawn of the Dead feel to it!

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  5. So true! Perfect explanation for the outcome!

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  6. More stagger than swagger,--you aren't kidding! I definitely can relate.

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    1. As long as I stagger towards the general direction of a caffeinated beverage, it's all good.

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  7. More stagger than swagger. Best line of the day.

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    1. Thanks! I'm quite partial to that line as well.

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  8. Time takes away a lot of sleep over a lifetime in connection to pain.

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    1. It does. Illness as well as age can rob us of it.

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  9. This is singing to me. The first stanza had me nodding; two years ago, I could get with 5 hours of sleep... Today? Well, as you already know, I nap more than a cat.

    I like how the second stanza sounds so "grownup": I know better now, it says.

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    1. It's something of a trick to pull of the right feel from paragraph to paragraph. I wanted playfulness in the first and sober reflection in the second. Glad that I could convey that a bit.

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  10. Tea gets me by, I can't have caffeine. I can't sleep and my heart races.

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  11. I like coffee but I have to manage it carefully because I find it plays too rough as well! Only before noon, only the good stuff and only when I know I'll have the opportunity to ride the energy burst and resulting crash well.

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