They scurry and scamper
On feet so spry – so fleet
Into one ear
Bouncing around in my brain
Then
Slipping quickly into
The nether regions of
My mind
Then out again
Into the bigger
Nothingness
I grasp and try to
Bring them back
These ideas
These flitting pieces
Of wisdom
Of brilliance
And then
I awake
They are gone
And I am left bereft
Missing them
Those tiny thoughts
That could be so
BIG!
The bulb dims
The candle flickers
What once was gray
Matter
No longer matters
Is no longer within
Reach
Memo to self
Write the brilliance down!
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100 words – in nearly as many lines – for the current 100 Word challenge by Ms. Tara. Now, you go on over and write your 100, won’t you?