Awake On Time

Being awake and productive

Awake On Time

When all is said and done and finished

Every clock is punched in time for work

That last job too would be completed if not

And who cares if it is lost to sleep or not

Or if you forgot to set the time on time

There is that final walk that you must take

Around the park to feed the squirrels

To watch the pigeons bob their heads

As they beg for bread still fresh and leavened

There is that corner you must find

That final turn about the road that bends

Unknowable at best and better left unsaid

Where tall buildings grow in numbers

Tower just ahead above the right of day

What is beyond there remains a mystery

Take that last walk into infinity

Past the corner of the mind aware

That sets like every sun set in the west

But this time don't forget to sleep

You are working with reality here

A place where steps are never kind

And you may not awake this time