There is a quiet
Mountain brook,
Running peacefully and
Clear.
I put it in my mind,
Drop by
Drop.
I awoke at 1:30 this morning with this poem fully composed in my dreaming mind, complete just as you read it here. To anticipate your question concerning this running water image, yes, I did have to go to the bathroom! But I went there only to turn on the light and write the poem down in my notebook, not wanting to wake my wife with the light. Once written, I went back to bed, only to get back up a few minutes later to write down the following lines, which popped into my head and would not leave me alone until also written down. My poetry-composing mind was simply racing and would not let me sleep until I did its' bidding and committed these lines to print!.
I can't predict,
It's true,
The midnight poem's
Sudden birth.
But well I know
The 5 AM alarm
That's coming with
The dawn.
A cloudburst
Followed by
A steady
Drizzle.
The photo image above is the work of the very talented nature photographer B.K. Bishar, and is used with his kind permission. Thanks Bishar!
