Love Poem: Who Needs Sleep
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Written by: Jayne Eggins

Who Needs Sleep

When the noise of day recedes
 in the shadowed graying light,
 I see as the form and shape
 distorts, an illuminated blight 

The only things that seem
 to hold our attention still,
 is the moon and stars arising
 over the height of the hill 

The once brilliant sky becomes
 Gods greatest form of art,
 shimmering with their glowing
 it would awe us from the start 

Even with all that scares the mind
 in the blackness of the night,
 with the tiniest reach of chin
 it cowers down from that sight 

not even the gentle penetration
 and the sliver of a knife,
 can take away my intentness
 to gape in awe at life 

Born at the beginning of a time
 that shattered the knowledge of man,
 then with the cleverest of discoveries
 everything became a digital plan 

Yet, the miracle of daylight hours
 can never begin to compete,
 with this spectacular moonlight,
 it was really an impossible feat

As first breath came from darkness
 I would really like to confess,
 I'm in love with stars and comets
 my dreamtime walks de-stress

Breathtaking, evening arrives
 the journey begins to the deep,
 who really needs the comfort
 of a restful, peaceful, sleep