Bring A Sharp Pencil Poem by Barry Middleton

no one really knows me
for I am here alone
and pondering on midnight
and all the things unknown

I hear the crickets singing
but deep within my brain
I know it's just a ringing
that causes me no pain

the city is awake
the buzz is like a bee
my god is watching me
to hear my midnight plea

the world is fast asleep
the tide rolls to and fro
the water is too deep
to know where I might go

the hours before dawn
conspire to block my rest
I know the game god plays
I know this is a test