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Conscious Repose

by Alison McKenzie

Eloquent whispers float
Along the autumn breeze
Lullaby of peace
And slumbersome my heart

I am suddenly calm
Taking careful note of my usual preference
To frolic in rotting leaves
And wallow in stale summer pools

I no longer require the sun
Or a winter cloak
My blood boiling from the fire
Raging in my ribs

One might discover the flames and
Think to get a bucket
Only I don’t scream
Or even sizzle

No. Today I simply inhale
Rationed elements
And sigh on the exhale
Quietly drifting on the waves of

Eloquent whispers floating
Along hushed autumn breezes
Lullaby of peace
And slumbersome my heart

11/07/2007

Posted on 11/08/2007
Copyright © 2024 Alison McKenzie

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Charlie Morgan on 11/08/07 at 05:10 PM

...so you're gonna take a day OFF!!!, eh?...i love it's drift of a happy melancholy...and for a moment [in time] you're gonna just "chill"...lovely sentiment...ever 6 million or so years, i can become melancholy...good write, peace, chaz

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