While We Were Sleeping

While we were sleeping
they were beating us
hammerings of time
slashes of jealousy
across
our legs

While we were sleeping
they were cheating us
bad mouths with foul breaths
breathing down our necks
conspiring to open up our souls
with out us

While we were sleeping
they would lie to us
whisper in our ears
silver tongues
of platitudes
hoping we would
never wake up
to the song

While we were sleeping
they would take from us
the memory
of how things could be
hoping we would
never wake up
to the dream

But I whisper gently
by the bedside
of
the sleeping beauty
that is my soul:

"THERE IS ONLY WORK"