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4 a.m.

Submitted by Kelly Ann Wilson on Wed, 2024-03-20 22:45

4 a.m.
Written by Kelly Ann Wilson

If you’re up like I am at 4 a.m.
I wonder if you are

Rocking a newborn baby boy
Sitting vigil at a bedside

A blue-collar worker
A CEO whose car arrived for your flight

Young and free ravers
Stressing that rent is near due

Lovers
Lonely

Starting a 6 mile run
Or sick and suffering too

To those awake at this hour,
I hope rest will find you soon.

Written March 13, 2024
© 2024 Kelly Ann Wilson

Style / type: 
Free verse
Review Request (Intensity): 
Please use care (this is a sensitive subject for me, do not critique harshly)
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Read my writer’s blog at https://kwilsonarts.wordpress.com/
Editing stage: 
Editing - polished draft
Content level: 
Not Explicit Content

Comments

zuella

Thu, 2024-03-21 05:59

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I really love this! It’s like two completely different worlds who are living on the same planet, walking past eachother in the street and going home and being living alien lives to one another. This is really really awesome! I love it!!

-zuella

Geezer

Thu, 2024-03-21 10:13

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Yeah, there are times when I too, am up at 0400 EST. Not by choice or obligation, but just because my sleep pattern has been altered by some odd event. However, there have been times in my life, where I have had the obligation to be up and moving about on different missions; driving taxi, working in manufacturing, etc... You have touched upon a thought that I'm sure is universal, "Who is that person, where do they go, what do they do?" A nice thought to revisit every now and then.
I was able to follow the "camera" [yes, like a tv commercial], an ad for a sleep aid. Is that a bad thing? Absolutely not! What better way to "See what I'm saying?" Nice job, ~ Geezer.
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Lavender

Thu, 2024-03-21 11:24

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Hello, Kelly,
Not too often, but often enough, I find myself awake in the middle of the night and I'll wonder about the same things. Your poem offers a lovely connection to the world outside - whether down the street or further away.
Thank you!
L

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