Equanimity

Equanimity

Sitting in silence as it slithers past

Alone in the effervescent darkness

The quiet emphasizes the overwhelming anticipation

Presentiment whispers
 words to the wise

Its tail rattles through insuppressible gyrations

Succumbing to excitement, it indulges in adrenaline

The cold creeps past quietly
carefully, cautiously

Closing in on the one who sleeps

But I am not sleeping
I am sitting in silence

Contemplating questions for the maker
 I am soon to meet