Cheers & Waking Up

Cheers to the poets and their words
And every yarn ever spun by all the storytellers

Cheers to godliness and the devil's advocate

And our willingness to expose ourselves and be part of it

Cheers to the broken-hearted remedy of the bards

And the sleepless, wakeful love that compels us

Cheers to Rumi and Hafiz

and everyone that wears their heart on their sleeves

&

Waking up isn't as easy as it used to be
My alarm clock goes off

and I just sleep

and it's not because the sight of sunrise no longer soothes me

and it's not because the task at hand no longer behooves me

I can feel my toes wiggle

and I want to hit the ground running 

It's just that my sheets and body are wrapped up in this perfect dream