Half-Conscious

There are those moments of melancholy

where you lie in bed and are not awake yet

but you're not really sleeping.

You hear sounds from outside

people mumbling, birds chirping, cars passing.

You are in a half-conscious state of mind,

thinking of waking up for real

or going back to sleep.

There are those moments of melancholy

where you don't know if it's worth standing up

or if you'd better stay where you are.

If you stay in bed, you'll never know.