Morning Dream

Morning Dream

The gray sunlight
wakes me—
with the drumming
on the rooftop.

I could be
disappointed
for my picnic—
or happy
for my dry garden.

But I pause,
and listen
to the rain drumming,
and tapping a smooth,
soothing rhythm
on the rooftop.

And as I listen
to the birds in the rain,
still choosing to chirp,
I wonder—

as I fall
back to sleep—

Will I begin to awaken?



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This poem is from "Bottle in the River" 
                     about a Poet's journey down a river, chasing a bottle
                     tossed by the fingertips of "that I am."
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Written within the parameters of the theory of "Multivalence"