perfume of past lives
Posted: March 16th, 2015, 8:14 am
awake again in thick stillness
no cars, no barking, the real dead of night
I walk on tip toes in satin slippers
smell the perfume of past lives
inhale the bouquet of buried time,
feel the voices vibrate in blackness, highlight
the tenor, the alto, the bass euphoria
lingering in sleepless shadows
insomnia is often a gift
laid at the foot of your bed, the capture
of regenerative morning spew,
when spirits tend to be verbose
and if you train yourself
to listen, accept
the visitors that come to your wakened ears
you just might have a meaningful conversation
no cars, no barking, the real dead of night
I walk on tip toes in satin slippers
smell the perfume of past lives
inhale the bouquet of buried time,
feel the voices vibrate in blackness, highlight
the tenor, the alto, the bass euphoria
lingering in sleepless shadows
insomnia is often a gift
laid at the foot of your bed, the capture
of regenerative morning spew,
when spirits tend to be verbose
and if you train yourself
to listen, accept
the visitors that come to your wakened ears
you just might have a meaningful conversation