Tis the waking in the dark. Hand to chest feels ribcage move. Head cocked, hears slight puff from lips. Tis a daily night time wakening. Assured, rest returns.
nature electrifies the sky
streaks of night light reassure
her creatures rest calmly in the rain
A haibun written as a Quotidian. Toni is tending bar at dVerse Poet’s Pub and defines Quotidian as an ordinary happening. Of course, the ordinary happenstance differs from person to person — so drop on by dVerse and read the various takes on this prompt! Or join in, and write one yourself.
Lillian,
catching up am I – so very far behind
learning all these fundamentally fabulous forms of lyrical language
your piece captures both the awe and fear storms inspire
this piece was created with wickedly bright lightning of a most entertaining variety
am:)
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Did my catching up this AM — so many wonderful pieces of yours!!! 🙂
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falling behind is always good – means we are daring to live away from technology:)
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This is stunning, Lillian. Such vivid imagery.
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Thank you, Victoria.
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I just saw our sky with lightning, so this came alive with me ~ But this brings rain so I am assured as well ~
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Such serendipity that you have the lightning and rain as you’re reading this!
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This is awe inspiring. Three sentences and a haiku. Simply breathtaking. I have done the same myself – waking and feeling my husband as he breathes and then going back to sleep. What a lovely write.
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Oh, I do so treasure your kind words and opinion here. Smiling I am!
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Good!
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Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
“Pooh!” he whispered.
“Yes, Piglet?”
“Nothing,” said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw. “I just wanted to be sure of you.”
Your poem reminded me of this passage… and the many times my love or I have done the same thing in the middle of the night. Beautiful haiku!
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Thank you, Charley. The wise words of Pooh 🙂
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I love the haiku. Finding reassurance in the storm is a lovely thought.
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Thank you, Patti. So glad you enjoyed.
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Yuh huh. Get this one!
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🙂 Tis the waking in the night………
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MAN, this is just some lovely wording, here:
“Tis the waking in the dark.”
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So glad you enjoyed. Sometimes the shortest route provides the best insight….Glad I posted this additional one. And so glad you enjoyed.
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Ah.. That awakening in the night… (Never dark though)
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A light sleep — and then reassured, a deep sleep. And then there’s the times I wake up with a thought in my head and have to get up to write it down, bleary eyed, or it will escape never to be known.
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We all recognise this one, (I hope!). But I love how you take the danger of the storm and find reassurance in it. I’ll be thinking about that.
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So nice to see you over my morning cup of coffee! 🙂 Glad you enjoyed.
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I shared my cup of tea with you!
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