From day to day I work

From day to day I work,

as one works

who doesn't want to think too hard -

I wash the clothes

and sweep the yard

and busy myself in a mob

of motley

mundane

things.

 

But it doesn't stop the itch at nights

as I toss on my bed,

or the wanderlust that runs a-riot

all round my head.

Night here

is not a time for mundane things -

night here is a soft warm scent

on murmured wings,

and how can walls so carefully built

withstand such scent.

 

I can stop my mind in daylight's air,

but no bed's a fortress against ideas.

© John McNeil. All rights reserved.
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