O Nap<\/p>\n
Thou divine purveyor of the little death
\nGranter of restoration
\nAnd serenity most needed
\nWhy are we kept apart?
\nWhat is this dogged and evil force
\nDriving itself between us
\nAs the day rams itself
\nBetween dusk and dawn<\/p>\n
O Nap
\nIt has been too long
\nSince thy loving embrace
\nHas taken me down
\nLight or deep
\nShort or long
\nO Nap thy arms I miss!
\nAs the eagle misses the wind
\nAnd the gopher their hole<\/p>\n
Without thee, O Nap
\nMy life is fraught with living
\nWith doing and necessity
\nAnd blurry-eyed and burning
\nBone-dragging and flesh sagging
\nWeariness beyond hope
\nBeyond surcease<\/p>\n
O Nap
\nCome once more unto me
\nI beg of you
\nAnd you come!
\nDressed in your simpleness
\nOf pillow and blanket
\nNeeding naught else
\nTo offer me comfort
\nYet\u00a0by the world we are denied
\nI am torn from your loving hands
\nAlmost before we could touch
\nThrust into light
\nBound by practical necessity
\nTo my feet and my waking<\/p>\n
O Nap
\nWill you wait for me?
\nIf I come to you in three hours
\nWill you be there?
\nWaiting for me?
\nOr will you forsake me
\nFor\u00a0my unintended fickleness
\nI pray that this be not so
\nThat your warmth
\nYour caress
\nThe cocoon of revival you offer
\nShall await my arrival.<\/p>\n
As soon as the world allows
\nI come to you
\nIn love and desperation
\nI come to you
\nIn stumbling fuzzy headed exhaustion
\nI come to you<\/p>\n
Wait for me.
\nJust wait.<\/p>\n
~Violet, The Abysmal Witch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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