{"id":550,"date":"2026-10-14T16:25:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/?p=550"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:25:05","slug":"alone-in-my-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/alone-in-my-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"Alone in My Bed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a>Alone in My Bed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moon drops its shine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">through the slats of my shade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outside, wind dances in the chimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quiet is broken by falling leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alone in my bed,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wait for the sleeping pill<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to work its magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am envious of my dog;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">he falls asleep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">after the requisite three<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">turns.&nbsp; He curls his head<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">onto his feet, his tail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">warms his nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Turning left to right, right to left<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to find a spot where the ache<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in my side will cease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I ease into sleep,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; hope not to wake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to my scattered dreams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alone in My Bed Moon drops its shine through the slats of my shade. Outside, wind dances in the chimes. Quiet is broken by falling leaves. Alone in my bed, I wait for the sleeping pill to work its magic. I am envious of my dog; he falls asleep after the requisite three turns.&nbsp; He&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/alone-in-my-bed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alone in My Bed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-published-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":551,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}