A fitful sleep of nightmares and mean gremlins <br />came to an end at dawn's uncertain light. <br />The sheets were tangled, soaked and thus quite simply useless <br />and, half-asleep, I knew this morning might <br />decide what hovered as a threat so close to both, <br />and brave enough I was not on this morning, <br />the knife word 'if' had started cutting lightly, <br />but I must know, cannot survive without it, <br />so 'face the music' as the lucky people say. <br /> <br />The sun awoke, began to polish gently all her rays. <br />With special care and fond anticipation, <br />and the occasion, let me be the first to say <br />is that WE are, YES, alright and that is the summation. <br />What had been causing mad, unruly, hurtful skirmish <br />was a persistent devil of the evil kind. <br />Yet love was there and conquered all detractions, <br />that's why the sunshine was so brilliant for our mind. <br />When was the last time you have crossed a swollen river <br />of trickery and pitfalls, all homemade? <br />And when you had how did you know the hazy feeling <br />that was your truth but did not look much like a friend. <br />It's called 'our happiness', quite rare in most encounters, <br />you welcome it with open arms but fear <br />that an imposter could have come to visit <br />to leave you yet without a paddle up the creek.<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ensemble/
