Wide Awake – A Poet’s Lament

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Why am I
So wide awake?
I went to bed
For goodness sake!

I shut the light
And close my eyes
And pray the sandman
Won’t pass me by

My mind’s still going
It’s on a tear
I toss and turn
And get nowhere

It’s no use trying
With all my might
A poet never sleeps
So I get up and write

©2014 Dorinda Duclos  All Rights Reserved

The Clock

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We are clocks
All of us timed
Not really knowing if
We are early or late

We wind our lives
Around minutes
Instead of moments
Always in a hurry

Eventually, our batteries
Run out, our electric cord
Unplugged
And we realize
It’s too late to recharge

Stop looking at your watch
Instead watch what you’re looking at
Take in all the beauty
For we are never promised
Another day….

©2014 Dorinda Duclos  All Rights Reserved

The Stalker

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Do you think
I do not know
That you follow me
Wherever I go

I can turn around
And there you are
Hiding in the shadows
You’re not so far

You lean on my wall
To see what I say
Enough is enough
Just go away

Find someone new
To haunt and annoy
Go on, go away
Stop being coy

Leave me alone
I don’t want to play
I’m tired of this
Just be on your way

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The Kite

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Sand in her toes
Wind in her hair
She runs and releases the string
Watching
As the kite takes flight

Soaring with the breeze
She runs along the beach
Holding on tightly
Waiting for that gust
That will carry her away

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Decadence

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Like chocolate melting, simmering
above a low flame
a flavor waiting to be tasted
savored
lips meet
impassioned, indulging
the sweet confectionery
enveloping, embracing
allowing lovers to stray
into the heat
the fire

©2014 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved