FALLING AWAKE ASLEEP! <br /> <br />See she falls...asleep. <br />Storm tossed on sea of dreams. <br />Now...she falls awake <br />tumbles out of her big bed <br />amazed to find herself – here! <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />ONE GREAT STEP! <br /> <br />Naked...takes...first...steps <br />knocking over....ooops...cans of paint. <br />Footprints...fingerprints <br />fossilise her great attempts. <br /> <br />A morning’s evolution! <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />ALL THE FUN OF HER HAIR! <br /> <br />Her halo of hair <br />candyfloss soft to the touch <br />looks like – Harpo Marx. <br />Takes big bite of candyfloss <br />bigger than her little self.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/falling-awake-asleep-for-helen/