General Poetry posted December 5, 2023


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Hypnopompia

by Jessica Wheeler

 
In night's cruel capture,
where consciousness dangles,
I'm chained to memories
that break with morning.

I beg a brisk breeze
to bargain in my favor,
sway my somber slumber
usher in the sun.

Find me, nestled
in the void
between the dark and light.
Where I fell at dusk
to journey
and I linger
till I rise.

Breaking dawn,
shatter.
I await your waking light.
Disrupt my daze
and pull me from
the precipice of peril.

For I fear another fall,
in sleep.
 

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2023


A hypnopompic state (hypnopompia) is the state of consciousness leading out of sleep.
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