Exceptional Wait to wake Hypnopompia by Jessica Wheeler Free Verse writing prompt entry Artwork by cleo85 at FanArtReview.com

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.   Writing Prompt Please write a free verse poem. Any topic. No rhyming patterns. Recognized Author Notes A hypnopompic state (hypnopompia) is the state of consciousness leading out of sleep.

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