The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Wed 3/15/06)

[RetroLounge]

Waking at 3 a.m.

Even in the cave of the night when you
wake and are free and lonely,
neglected by others, discarded, loved only
by what doesn't matter--even in that
big room no one can see,
you push with your eyes till forever
comes in its twisted figure eight
and lies down in your head.

You think water in the river;
you think slower than the tide in
the grain of the wood; you become
a secret storehouse that saves the country,
so open and foolish and empty.

You look over all that the darkness
ripples across. More than has ever
been found comforts you. You open your
eyes in a vault that unlocks as fast
and as far as your thought can run.
A great snug wall goes around everything,
has always been there, will always
remain. It is a good world to be
lost in. It comforts you. It is
all right. And you sleep.

William Stafford

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RL

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[In_The_Wind]

1. RetroLounge

Somehow sleep always eludes me after waking at 3 AM.

[RetroLounge]

7. Yes, well, then there are times I don't go to sleep

UNTIL 3 a.m. Gotta stop that stuff...

:hi:

RL

[xchrom]

2. wednesdays

are my shrink days!

so, at least one day a week i'm *relatively sane!


*this is the inexpert opinion of one.

[RetroLounge]

8. Tuesdays for me

:hi:

RL
(Relatively Level-headed...)

[Callalily]

3. RL . . .

Sometime I wish for . . .

A great snug wall goes around everything,
has always been there, will always
remain.

Sometimes I wish for that comfort, to be just lost, to not have to think . . .

Ahhhh, your poem has made me a bit melancholy.

[RetroLounge]

9. "to be just lost, to not have to think "

i would pay for that...

:hug:

RL

[wildhorses]

4. at 3 am this morning I was working ....on a patient who had

taken an overdose of lorazipem and seroquel...it was NOT a pretty sight

[RetroLounge]

10. Yikes!

sounds nasty...

RL

[miss_american_pie]

5. The imagery is nice

but I think love always matters.

I hope you slept well. :hi:

[RetroLounge]

11. Not always, I can tell you...

at least it isn't always apparent.

Slept well, just not long enough.

:hi:

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear RetroLounge....

Now here is some very gentle imagery.....

It makes me feel secure, and safe......

Lovely, just lovely....

Thank you...

:hug:

[RetroLounge]

12. You are welcome...

:hug:

RL

[tigereye]

13. as always, very very nice

that's a pretty good description - the cave of night. All kinds of odd things can be found there - for good and ill. :)

[RetroLounge]

14. ...

:hi:

RL

[tigereye]

15. how are ya?

hope things are ok for you. Although it is cold here ( after it was so nice on Monday) spring will still be coming!

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

16. Things are ok.

Not great, but ok.

Gonna snow lots tomorrow...

RL

[tigereye]

17. it was so warm here on Monday

I had the door open while I was working. But yesterday and today there was snow again. BRRRR.

My kid has spring break soon and the weather tends to suck since it's late March. I am hoping we will get a cold weather reprieve.