Love Lies Beneath (39 page)
Authors: Ellen Hopkins
slips beneath the window blind, shimmies
impatiently through cracks
between eyelashes, tugs you
toward another morning.
You resist,
reluctant to leave the deep, pacific
woodland, haven
from the burgeoning stormâ
the year's darkest day.
You want to stay
and watch the forest fill with dreams'
gentle snowfall, listen to wind
and downy flake
sweep against your pillow.
So you pull your blanket
over your face, tuck it under your skull,
weight it with a stir of unease, questions
prowling your brain,
sneak thieves.
Can that watery light
mean daybreak? What promises
are left to keep? How many miles
must you go before retreating
again to the woods of sleep?
A huge shout-out to my publishing family at Simon & Schuster, especially my Atria clan, who never lost faith in me. Here's to new journeys, in whatever formats. Also, a giant thank-you to my immediate family, which has grown, bringing challenges, successes, disappointments, and obstacles overcome, not to mention more love than most will ever experience.
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