• Words were churning in my skull.
    Wrestling with my sheets, no comfort.
    I’ve lost the spot that leads me
    to dreams and sleep and morning.
    I watch the clock click on,
    telling time while unaffected by it.

    Telling time while unaffected by it,
    the waves make their mark on the bay.
    Eating away at the giant rocks and
    crashing into ancient docks and piers.
    Hiding the boulders below, I watch them:
    A hidden danger of divers, swimmers.

    A hidden danger for divers, swimmers,
    but she, so fearless, swam on with elegance.
    Her strong breaststroke caressed the waves,
    almost unaware of the dangers below.
    She swam the journey back to the pier;
    I sat in awe, my eyes mesmerized.

    I sat in awe, my eyes mesmerized,
    watching their almost invisible wings.
    Searching at last for a taste of delicious nectar.
    Their radiant bodies splashed with color,
    painting the sky they danced in,
    incessantly humming, like the buzz of bees.

    Incessantly humming, like the buzz of bees,
    its drone thickly filled the air like a salty fog.
    I tripped, but caught myself.
    Running faster, the monster followed,
    its eyes were all I had seen,
    for once I had seen them, I jolted up and ran.

    For once I had seen them, I jolted up and ran.
    The words, following me, so many words:
    Metaphors grinned slyly as the similes chuckled.
    The secrets of literature they held scared me.
    Personification reached for my ankle,
    its face like the glowing sun above.

    Glowing sunshine that woke me with a groan,
    as my dreams faded into nothing.
    I turned over and fell back to sleep,
    taking solace in my warm sheets.