Alarm

Alarm

Each morning

The monster awakes me

Sympathetic jangling

Nerve network bells

With a start I greet the day

Alarms

Such an odd way

Of greeting a day

Jolted consciousness

Startled awake

A curious cattle prod play

Parasympathetic

Quickly soothes me

Ears reach for birdsong

Blinking eyes struggle

Protesting dull grey

Alarm stands down

Elaborate peripheral energies

Stretch me to the four corners

Concluded in a still moment

Of what feels like fulfilment

Shocking awake

Current affairs theme continues

Sub conscious ripples carry

This daily morning jolt

Outwards creating my day

My presence

Though seemingly peaceful Inwardly is startled

A gazelle

Perpetually aware

It is intrinsic to this illusion

I have checked

There are no monsters there

I make them in me

Baked fresh daily

By alarm