Interrupted

for dVerse

Blackout curtains

Darkness, quiet, peace

Fading remnants of a dream

The hour before I wake

When I drift back to dreams

Until

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Blaring honks!

Jarring, screaming.

An assault upon my senses

Followed by discombobulating light

Dragged from dreams

By my alarm

Question and Answer

for dVerse

Why am I sitting here
when the room isn't warm
and the fire is only
a staircase away
far from my books
first love of my heart?

Listen to the purr
deep and steady
that will not leave my lap
and you will know
why I am sitting here.

Lexicon

for dVerse

song for the dictionary
and thesaurus with words free
like small cavorting faries
luminescent and airy