waking with a cloud

To­day I woke
with a rain cloud

in­hab­it­ing my chest,
brew­ing a storm

to be feared
by in­ex­pe­ri­enced travelers

but to be braved
by the likes of Odysseus
 

Lone­ly
is waking
drenched in sweat
reach­ing in the dark
for the side of the bed
that once held an­oth­er human
but is now piled with pil­lows and sweets

Ter­ri­fy­ing
is the moment
a few months later
when you wake again,
reach­ing into emptiness.
Ab­sorbed by fear as you realize
there is a peace­ful­ly sleep­ing human
where the stacks of books used to reside

Your heart pounds
like the beat of a war­rior drum
as you sit in the dark
and stare longingly
at this for­eign shape

Thank­ful,
for the cure
to your loneliness.
But careful,
not to wake them
in the presence
of your demons
 

The wa­ter in the tub
Is filled to the brim
Not sure if I meant to bathe
Or meant to swim
 
 

—cas­si­die wages

Flom­mist Cas­si­die Wages is an artis­tic blue-haired cre­ative de­pressed em­path­ic friend­ly gen­uine heavy in­tel­li­gent jux­ta­posed kind­heart­ed lev­el­head­ed moody note­wor­thy over-an­a­lyz­ing pa­tient quizzi­cal re­spon­sive sar­cas­tic tired un­sure vi­sion­ary weird yogi zeal­ous. Copy­right © 2019 Cas­si­die Wages. Im­age source.

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