ALONE AWAKE

BY PHILLIP JAY BARRON

The NEAR and FAR cards were printed by Cumbersome Multiples Press on a 1928 Chandler & Price letterpress using antique wooden type. PonyXpress writers wrote a response to the word on the cover. The cards were passed to the next writers and they used the prompt to write on the back.

[Verse 1]

Softly I look at you
Slowly I approach
To think of you makes me nervous
From my stomach
To —
My throat

[Bridge]

I’ll never say I love you
And I’ll never get to kiss your lips
But the feeling I have for you is greater
Than things such as this

[Chorus]

You’re my dream girl, you’re only in my sleep
When I try to get closer, something’s wrong with my feet
I think not much longer will it take
Then I’m in my bed alone ... Awake

[Verse 2]

There is a lesson our dreams are meant to teach
Bout things being close yet so far out of reach
Sometimes the paths untraveled are most blessed
Just like flowers unpicked are the very best

[Bridge]
[Chorus] x2

Then I’m in my bed alone ... Awake | PJB