Monday, August 09, 2021

the bedspread

opportunity came
a-knocking
i rush to open 
the door
trip over my
wildest dreams
fall headlong
to the floor

in a mist, eerie
yet to clear
a voice, softly 
in my head
opportunity, it's
fool's gold!
better prone lying
than wakeful dead 
 
rip, a lifetime 
in bed spent
sleeping beauty too
serenely bedspread
opportunity came
a-knocking
handsome prince
or kiss of death?