Beep… beep… beep…
Thud
Silence
No children stirring
The dark beckons my return
I close my eyes
My mind is churning
One deep breath
Up I rise
To wash off yesterday
Readying myself for today

© 2019 Jason A. Muckley

Today was the first day of the April Poem-A-Day #APRPAD challenge on Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides blog on Writer’s Digest.

Today’s prompt was to write a morning poem.

Want to join in? Link your poem to mine in the comments below or post directly in the blog’s comments section. Also, you can post on social media with the hashtag #aprpad.