{"sf1_id":1532282,"sf2_id":"znJv0aBn","title":"Nocturnal...","author":"Jiblits","words":257,"posted_at":"2020-01-09T07:21:00.000Z","tags":["Poem","Poetry","Short Story","slice of life"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1532282-nocturnal","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/znJv0aBn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/f9/12/f912b610-b1f0-4924-9e6e-c72ef3706d00","description":"Night thoughts.","content":"Nocturnal...\n\nTimid to tell, the birds fly easy among clear skies above\n\nWandering among the gentle breeze, I recall many I love\n\nPresent in mind, almost as good as a surprising hug to share\n\nThey, like so many, remind me, of how \u0026 why I care\n\nSome days heavy on the body \u0026 mind\n\nI simply try, to not just give in, nor deny, those a moment truly kind\n\nThough, I can't say, I'm not easy on such reasoning made by frustration\n\nOften times, I don't regret, but wouldn't mind another chance, to maybe show some hesitation\n\nFor what it could of been, not for now, not really for then\n\nOnly in the past, only then, if it could last, no telling when\n\nDistance only in mind among the many stores left incomplete\n\nI mentally pick away with my imagined chisel at the impossible concrete\n\nDreaming among eyes wide open, night or day\n\nI deliver hope to those cherished, if only in mind, that everything is okay\n\nMore wanted, time an illusion, when wandering temporary eternity for a bit each night\n\nI wave to them after another memory made, till time again, puts to rest daylight\n\n\"Dream heavy, see what you want, imagine all that, to you, should be...\n\nLet rest be a side effect, close your eyes \u0026 see...\"\n\n- - - Thanks for reading - - -\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; - - - Always - - -\u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n  \n\n"}