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Around 4am at this time of the year (Free verse) by Nicholas Jones

Daybreak arrives and I am awake to witness it. The solstice is soon and the time is inconvenient. Because this is the darkest time to be awake and the fear is at its strongest I have to find a mental activity to distract me from the light. Oddly this is supplied by watching the sun begin to move and for the trees to become lit. So by seeing the garden lighten outside the bedroom I am able to stave off the fear of the moment caused by the feeling of being here at this time in the light.

nentwined 15-Feb-07/6:22 PM
Why are you afraid of not being able to sleep? That's the core, I think, to move the rest along. Maybe. Give us why we should be afraid, that we are afraid, and then pump the fear through our veins. And then show us the sunrise, numbly, in elegant (but not overwrought) detail... the haunting promise that our fears are realized.




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