Lost Words

I spoke the words
I had been looking for
As sleep crawled
Inside my bed

But this morning
I had to search the floor
Because the words weren’t
Inside my head

©1970 David P. Cannon
2-23-1970 Revised 1 31 2010

Yawn

Morning comes too early
Chasing out the sleep of night

©1970 David P. Cannon
2-24-1970