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Waking Up
On a dreamy battlefield
I fight the urge I have to yield
The day awaits with the tasks to do
And enemies I must subdue
But oh how I wish it were not true
I'd close my eyes and dream of you
And melt away to some place else
Away from all these daily hells
But the sun is stalking and I must rise
To face it without compromise
For my enemies will do the same
And best me at this endless game
So on this dreamy battlefiled
With all the strength that I can wield
I raise my scythe, prepared to reap
The dreams of those who wish I'd sleep
Exactly one year ago, I asked for inspiration from the Hive community to write a poem. @atma.love responded with the prompt of "Waking Up". My mind immediately went blank, but I gave it a shot and wrote a couple of stanzas in a few minutes...then my mind went blank again. I had such a bad case of writer's block that the next 8 lines literally took me a year to write. I just finished it today and only realized it was exactly a year ago when I started writing this post. Crazy that such a little poem took me so long to make.
The theme of the poem is about the sttuggle of waking up in the morning. I remember hearing a talk from Mark Wahlberg about winning the morning. I think it's a great way to think about it. I find motivation in the idea that those who'd wish to see me fail would be disappointed to know that I'm winning the first battle of the day.
What are your thoughts on this poem or on waking up in general? Are you a morning person? What motivates you to get out of bed?
Speaking of waking up. I have to wake up in less than 5 hours. So I better get some sleep!
Well, I'm a morning person. So I've never really had issues waking up. What motivates me? The sheer thoughts of the many possibilities that the day holds for me and, of course, work. I love my work. But I'm happy you're taking the battle head-on and getting out of bed every day too.
Yes, work will do it for motivation for sure. I'm kind of a morning person too. I like to get up early, but I don't want to actually do anything until I get going. I have to make myself do it. Thanks for stopping by.
Okay, that's great. You're welcome.
The One who awakens is not bold,
The One who awakens is not cold.
The One who awakens knows his Self,
Not as an object upon a shelf,
But as all that is beyond the mind,
With One True Self, intertwined.
Great little poem! Fits right in with the concepts from Robert Adams, which @atma.love shared.
I hate the mornings. However, I know that nobody is coming to save me. If I don't get up and grind, then nothing will get better. It's not an option for me.
Yes sir. Gotta keep grinding that's the only way. You know, when I saw your reply, I immediately thought about how this relates to @splinterlands. I didn't have the game in mind when I wrote it, but I definitely have a lot of enemies to subdue in praetoria. They're subduing the heck out of me today though.
Thanks for stopping by.
Ps.
This is good :-)
Greetings. l wish you win your battle, so that you live to see that loving person you are thinking about. Have a wonderful day ahead friend.
Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate the well wishes.
You are very much welcome friend. Cheer's.
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I'm grateful waking up then immediately get up and do the task at hand while drinking coffee 😉
I find that that's the best way to do it...minus the coffee. I'm more of a monster drinker.