Too excited to sleep!
Something is stirring
from
my gut up to my
heart-
beats but not yet to
the vocal stream
for speech.
Naturally it wants
chocolate. I
give it
a pear and then I
wait,
feet up bared to cool
air
in lieu of glowing
coals.
Torture never assists
thinking, nor does
sugar.
The pear takes
attention
to its golden crunch
munch,
its undeserved
reward.
With the damp core
palmed tight
I turn to my buddy
Jesus for help,
knowing
this is a dilemma
he will enjoy
solving.
Not directly, oh no—
in parable is his
delight as he trains
my
heart to hear the
call
of the great Creator.
And it will take a
while,
I know, so I rise, put
the spent pear to compost,
wash my hands, say
goodnight
and trust answers
will come.
Copyright © 2016 Susan L. Chast
Chocolate wins for me most days but the Pear is just a good :) lovely!
ReplyDeleteI love this....and your discipline, LOL.
ReplyDeleteDelicious writing Susan :D
ReplyDeleteLove the last few lines...
ReplyDeleteput the spent pear to compost,
wash my hands, say goodnight
and trust answers will come.
We have to do our bit and after that it is all faith and hope. Wonderfully said Susan!
This is inspired Susan....a lesson I need to learn!
ReplyDeleteMaybe the answer is in just asking the question... maybe it's the pear itself or the fact that we can go back to sleep...
ReplyDeleteLove this!
ReplyDeleteWhat a deliciously sweet poem...sleepless nights are sometimes claustrophobic and unbearable but here you show us the art, skill and wisdom of learning to wait...to enjoy what is there (pear or chocolate) and put trust in whoever and whatever we believe in to see us through to the morning and indeed embrace it
ReplyDeleteWell, this definitely is discipline. Best solution --> no chocolate in the house! Smiles. But, aside from that, we do have to train ourselves to resist temptations...chocolate AND otherwise! When accomplished, it feels SO good. Smiles.
ReplyDeleteThis is divine....like chocolate :-)
ReplyDelete"my buddy Jesus"...and your pear is a parable as well. Trusting answers will come....just perfect. Wise poem and not preachy.
ReplyDeleteI guess we take life in bites..one crunch at a time...if chocolate was around I might have to have a sweet taste. Just one bite I would say...
ReplyDeleteluv how your ideas are just forming there in thought-land aided by the divine to right time of blossoming
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for dropping in at my Sunday Lime today
much love...
Waiting is an open door to temptation. I'm afraid I would have grabbed the chocolate,
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
Well as silly as it may sound a nice juicy pear wins over chocolate any time for me, never had a craving for it. Now name some other treats and I think that pear would still be sitting for sometime... (smile) nice write!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous way of dealing with the situation!
ReplyDeleteenjoyed the poem!
ReplyDeletea pear is as good as any chocolate, i think. :)
faith is a curious thing. pears are delicious but chocolate tests me always
ReplyDeletegracias
It is good to find your calm centre before bed - otherwise you'll be beset with a sleepless night.
ReplyDeleteYou describe trusting God so beautifully!
ReplyDeleteTrusting that the answers will come is sometimes a long and lonely experience...
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the references to Jesus as always. thanks for this.
ReplyDeleteThere is a wonderful conversational tone to this piece, which, when it is done as brilliantly as you have pulled it off, here - is, always a treat ... almost as if the reader in ease dropping, on a stream of consciousness: and really relating to what they are hearing! Very cool!
ReplyDeleteOh, this is the way to work the starving at night...the fruit? the best...and wait for answer next day! Love it.
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