Happy August!

"Phases of the Moon"  Mixed Media j.m.f-w (Sold)

 Awake at 2 AM, My Dear

Sleep seems to have left me

eyes wide open as if to defend

myself from dream elixir upon

which imagination does depend

I would love to be in the ocean

even wading into the shore

if should I fall into sleep

I do pray I’ll not snore

I’d ride great green seahorses

sing to seaweed fishes, golden bottom sand

where beneath those soft waters

I’d serenade with a joyful clam band

They would open and close

those gay gilded shells

ringing happy hallelujahs

like joyful church bells

Dreams suddenly drift

strange flotsam of picture words

making funny cawing sounds

like a hungry seagull bird

Oh, Teddy come dance me to sleep

hold me in your arms just like a child

and fly me away, sweet angelic bear

turn my wild awake into restful mild

O dear magic magic fairies

listen to my nighttime desire

call me back to dreamland sleep

play your flute, your sweet harp lyre

Oh, a whiskey flavored with pear

A night cap I sweetly recall

A Cinderella in to dance with

at the sleepy fairy tale ball

Oh, silly me, have I no shame

making a wish, I loudly exclaim

or am I just wishing so loopy crazy

ready to sleep or downright insane?

O please Gods of slumber

grant me a time of comforting rest

as the last of July, like a bird

flies from the summer nest

And sings out with force and pride

the season is indeed two months gone by

soon leaves will color brightly

fall to the ground they float and fly

the ground now so green

browned and covered so nice

instead of warm blankets

find rebirth in crystals of ice

So now let me join in sweet sleep

my lover and dogs in their retreat

July does calls me to say “Goodnight,

and blanket yourself from head to feet.”

I do just that and lie back

close my wide eyes

and hope that my dreams

be filled with a grand surprise.

♥

©j.m.frase-white, Wednesday 31 July 2024

(First draft written at 2:38 am)