bones feel dead
each single muscles is going limp
eyes are drooping,
ears stop hearing.
body refuses to rest
cracked voice cannot let out a thing-
brain cells go numb,
thoughts fly away.
sleep is absent
inactive yet awareness persist
supine, stupefied feet
lay limp with fatigue.
in that restful state
where mind sleeps body moves-
where body sleeps mind dances-
I stand in attention
saluting, paying tribute
to our dear friend,
otherwise known as tiredness.
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For more poetry, click, The Travelling Poetry Show, hosted by Left-handed trees.
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Do read the previous post, for you, my friend and pray for her.
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**Update: I have received two blog awards from two different sources:
1)
This is from ces.
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2)
This one is from A E Roman
I thank you both.
I don't know if I am supposed to pass those on. I might do so in a while.
You nail it. This is how I feel every day coming home from work. Great flow of words. :)
ReplyDeleteNow, that mentions of Keats in the title really make me curious. Hmm, guess I need to find that poem... Thanks :)
a great description of this familiar visitor :)
ReplyDeletethank you
You described it so well, this friend of mine!:)
ReplyDeleteTiredness of spirit. Need to recharge.
ReplyDeleteYou show the emotion very well.
ReplyDeleteLOL--no fatigue here--kiddos started back to school today. Yippie! I'm free. . . freeeeee. . .
ReplyDeleteyou described my friend very well. :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome poem! It's great to be tired when I'm in bed, terrible when I'm anywhere else.
ReplyDeleteA feeling I can well relate to this morning, after a night dominated by restless dogs!
ReplyDeleteVery nicely conveyed!
I prefer to pay tribute with my snores, not always the case. You nailed it perfectly!!
ReplyDeleteYou did a wonderful job of expressing how the mind does not always sleep.
ReplyDeleteI will keep your friend in my prayers. I'm very sorry. HUGS
what a unique and awesome subject.
ReplyDeleteas long as my mind does not tire, I shall be happy :)
Unfortunately, this tired feeling is my life!
ReplyDeleteAnd I hope your friend recovers soon.
Mmmm... I think I need a nap now! Great words.
ReplyDeletesleep is life's own vacation.... i support it wildly...
ReplyDeletein answer to your question on my post... my aggressive use of punctuation is very simply,,, the way,,that i write.....
Gautami, I don't think Keats would mind; no reason why he should. I enjoyed the way form in this poem handles the common scourge.
ReplyDelete"supine, stupefied feet/lay limp with fatigue" is such a great line. I especially like "stupefied"! It's the feet that seem to feel it first and longest...on me anyway!
ReplyDeleteThis is EXACTLY how I feel right now. I worked all day (seven hours) on my feet, and I am beyond tired.
ReplyDeleteMichele sent me.
This was a great, Gautami- you made tiredness sound so poetic!
ReplyDeleteYou captured the feeling perfectly!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your two blogger awards! Post them proudly.
ReplyDeleteI really love these lines in your poem:
"where mind sleeps body moves-
where body sleeps mind dances-"
Perfect.
Ooh, I hope my body didn't get ideas from this!
ReplyDeletecongrats on the awards!
*Eeih! beautifull,beautiful. A long time since i read poem with such a unique flow of rhyme. i can't stop myself from reading it over and over gain. Thank God u r a blogger!
ReplyDeleteOh gautami, I soooo get 'the tiredness' poem...Beautifully expressed, my dear...And I truly have been feeling pretty exhausted these days...spent fro the awful awful heat we had for almost 8 days straight...So, I "get" it!
ReplyDeleteAnd Michele does, too....
I was trying to post over there and had to do the word verificatiob SIX times...I just cannot see that thing most of the time....! Anyway, by the time I got back---you had posted before me---SO, I posted again at Michele's and this time I read and typed the WV the first time and was correct! HOORAY! (lol)
Anyway, so happy to be here!
ah...i know this and you have articulated it exactly.
ReplyDeleteLove,
D.
Congratulations on your well-deserved awards!!
ReplyDeleteYou said this perfectly. Even if I didn't know the feeling, I would know it from your words.
I...can...really...relate...to...this...one....
ReplyDeleteGood job! (Sigh)
(Yawn)...Pardon me.
Gautami, keep it or pass it on if you wish, to five bloggers who inspire you. You certainly not only inspired me with sleep on this poem, I think you were looking at me when you wrote this. Hahahha! I feel tired just like that! :-)
ReplyDeletei collapsed upon each new line until there was no line to hold me anymore.
ReplyDeleteWow...you wrapped out how I've been feeling for three weeks now! I'm sure others could relate too. It's a very busy time. I can't wait to get back to my blogging self.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you're still a inspirational visit my dear. take care, and thanks for visiting me!