By Cosette
Date: 2 May 1999

Elated

alarm clock sounded
like music as I left
dreamland
do be do be do
flowers smelled perfume 
as they blossom painted 
against dawn-tinted 
wallpaper.
slid both feet thru 
grinning fur slippers 
that tickled my soles, 
I almost laughed aloud.
sunny-yellow buttered 
pancakes tasted and  
filled my belly like feast. 
these things were never like
this, or had they gone
unnoticed by my sullen eyes
before?
nice to wake up this morning!
puffy-eyed, yet so alive though
got only three hours of sleep.
knowing this day and 
the next days to come
will now contain
something that is you.