Gravity's firm hold <br />Especially wearisome today <br />Sleep, the deepest sleep <br />Becomes a siren call <br />Put away tools <br />No need to work <br />Rest, it calls, rest <br />Yet family, wife, child <br />Duty, honor, Pride, even <br />Revive flagging sinew <br />Energize tired tendons <br />Into new found effort <br />To fight gravity <br />And the pillow's call. <br /> -STD '05<br /><br />Stephen De Marino<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/monday-before-work/
