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Damn That Alarm Clock!!!
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Damn That Alarm Clock!!! |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England 
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Dark silence engulfs me, as I lay my weary body down to sleep... The effort is a futile one, for, as my eyes close their scratchy lids... I realize that my mind is not sleepy... There are too many ghosts floating around in it, leftovers from the day's journey... I lie here, wondering why my path always takes me to love's danger zone.. Why must I feel the desperate urge to fling myself over the edge of security into the black abyss of new love's valley, Only to find that I did bring a flashlight.. But the batteries are dead???? My mind manages to chase away the last thread of relaxation, by flinging itself back into my romantic past.. It's a roller-coaster ride turned upside down, and without a seat belt! Then I see the carnival clowns below me, and they each one bear a remarkable resemblance, in the face, To a love-once-known...... I bury my head in the pillow, not wanting to hear all of the old "our songs" that we affectionately designate when love begins... Their words and chords go tripping through my greedy brain like tumbleweed fleeing from the desert wind... The pillow wins at last..... it's soft, cool caresses numbing my mind... pushing me into deep.....deep.....sleepzzzzzzz... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz When the alarm rings!! Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! [This message has been edited by Sunny1 (edited 08-12-2000).] |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
seeing leftovers in your day allows me to know you just that much better... good stuff here! |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Sunshine.... Don't know if you're ready for that experience yet!!! (only kidding!!) Thank you for coming by.. Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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Auguste 
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea |
Hi Sunny, Good one! I've had nights like that. I guess we all have. Michael |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Sunny, this is a wonderful poem...really. You touched on a lot of reality here...lying in that bed wanting to sleep while those darned memories just keep running chariot races through one's mind...lousy time to have dead batteries!! I really like this one.. |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Memories, that is when they hit me the hardest too, while the insomniac demon has control.. And the special songs that bring to mind one particular person, its amazing to me how music can do that. Anyway, what I meant to say was.. Another fabulous poem. catalinamoon |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
time is always the one to bring these things back. . . makes you want to smash all of the clocks in your house!!!! great poem! ------------------------------------------------------ That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Hello Sunny, Oh my goodness, those alarm clocks have gotten me in more trouble than I would like to think! Sometimes early, Phew! and then sometimes not so early, oh sheeeet!!!! Enjoy your writings, always. |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I usually wake up and watch the minutes tick forward...alway wake up before the alarm! I liked your poem...  |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Sunny1, Great poem. I hate when that happens!!! LOL.  Lone Wolf Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
You have touched on something that plagues me many many nights....becoming a vampire due to it all I think.lol You have presented this well and I found much enjoyment in it as well as personal truth.  |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Hi Auguste... Yes....I imagine everyone at this site hates alarm clocks....most artists do!!!! Thank you for dropping in! Hi Balladeer... Sure is nice to see you here...I appreciate your remarks, and was glad you liked this one!! Hi catalinamoon... Ah yes, it's also the shared favorite song that brings a sad memory later. The words are powerful, but set to music, makes them even stronger! Thank you!!! Hi Sven.... So far, I haven't smashed my alarm (always too broke to buy a new one!!), but there are times it was considered!! Thank you, kind sir.... Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Hi Bill.... Wouldn't it be nice to be someplace where alarm clocks are illegal? The world would be a much nicer place if we could sleep in!! Thank you, my friend.... Hi Poet deVine... I know what you mean...I always beat the clock, too. I think subconsciously I just hate that electronic intrusion first thing!! Thank you so much for reading this!! Hi Lone Wolf... Glad you liked this.... hating your alarm clock seems to be a common goal amongst poets!!! Thank you, also..... Hi Mark.... You must be a night person, also! Why is it that life seems to revolve around the day schedules? I mean, if you're a vampire, the only thing open at 3AM is an all night grocery...(at least that's all I can find!!) Seriously, I thank you for coming by and I am glad you enjoyed this odd little piece!!! Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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cathybohannan Member
since 2000-07-31
Posts 140Paintsville,KY |
I know what you mean,Sunny those alarm clocks can go off at the worst times,just when you are finally enjoying your sleep. |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Hi cathy.. Yes, I've always dreamed of a mystical land where time has no meaning, and no alarm clocks!!!! Thank you for visiting me! Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
"Damn That Alarm Clock" indeed!!! Yet we do leave it to do it all over again...don't we, and we're the "smarter" species??? Great write! jwesley |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Hi jwesley... I've often wondered about the 'smarter' species, and the older I get, the more I see and stare at in utter amazement!!!!! Glad you dropped in to visit! Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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ddgoose Member
since 2000-07-25
Posts 250Baltimore, MD, USA |
Sunny Loved your poem. Did a study in college - no one wore watches for a whole day. It was great. Now if we could do a study about alarm clocks! Glad I stopped by. didi |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Hi didi.... I'm with you.....let's just get rid of ALL the clocks. I mean, the cavemen were perfectly happy without them!!!!!!!! Glad you liked this!! Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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linda munday Member
since 2000-06-17
Posts 315Adelaide, Australia |
Sunny, What a fabulous way you have captured the waking nightmares that some of us have. Get some sleep dear.... Linda M. |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Hi Linda... I just tossed my clock out the window!!!! Thank you for your nice reply! Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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