Poems 21 & 22 for NaPoWriMo

My next small batch of poems for National Poetry Writing Month.

April 21st:

love is a cozy

embrace that sings you asleep,

at the end of a

long, strenuous day,

waking warm and refreshed, love

is sleeping in bed

Just a poem about how much I love sleeping.

April 22nd:

we stand alphabetically,

separated from my friends,

outside the doors of the theater,

the stage

that makes me rock on my feet;

my classmate in front of me

gives me a simple smile

and speaks a few words

I do not hear;

finally they release us

one

by

one

through the swinging doors,

and I catch a glimpse of

the stage

everytime the theater swallows a student;

when I am ushered inside,

I try to keep the pace they set,

the stage

rushing to meet me

the stage

stuck at the horizon, always so far;

I climb the mountain of stairs to

the stage

to watch notables stand and sit

and clap and stand and sit,

and in this charade of musical chairs

I am called to join,

the podium another mountain to climb,

but at the top is my guide

and as I speak,

speak my truth on

the stage

I come out of my shell

The prompt for this poem was to use repetition. I also used this poem for a class assignment, write about the most impactful day in your life.