Ebb of Ryme
by Michael Eckhardt
Uncomfortable in the morning, like
I didn't sleep
Or I can't wake up, 'hard to tell which.
Am I idle or have I just stopped?
How long can a heart be stopped?
How much leisure 'till its sloth?
If I require less effort to do the
par,
Have I slipped, and how far?
A word with rhyme
And keeping time
Or an off-beat prose
Unapologetically dry.
(and clumsy)
No, if I don't feel it,
I'll just live it:
Until I don't have to:
Until, I really do!
You can not stop a heart for long.
Nor sing a spoken-word song.
I will sing! My friends, I will sing!
I will sing until the dawn!
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