tired people rarely wake up
tired people rarely wake up
toss and turn they might
at the bird’s yellow flickering wing
the scrape of metal becoming
the slide of walleted plastic
or even the call of heart
swimming to break the surface
with wait submerge again
exhaustion of doing and looking good, being seen as right, winning an ear to be heard, working harder still, consuming even more information
tired people rarely wake up
may we each find our way to awaken
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