3:18am – Beth O’Brien

 

3:18am is awake like its own alarm.

 

We bump into each other on the landing

because we are restless at the same time,

for different reasons,

and we jostle for position in the darkness,

 

both of us waiting for the other

to find the light switch.

 

 

Beth O’Brien is currently studying a degree in English Literature at the University of Birmingham. She loves reading, writing, food and seeing the world – when any of these overlap, she loves them even more!

August 21, 2018 by foxglovejournal Categories: PoetryTags: alarm, awake, Beth O'Brien, Birmingham, creative, creativity, darkness, encounter, jostle, landing, light, morning, night, poem, Poetry, position, reasons, restlessness, switch, time, UK, waiting, writing Leave a comment