Alchemy of sleep
When night turns to ice, and where
walls turn to rain turn to sea, after
half light turns to day dark, and where
beds turn to urns and time turns to you,
and sky turns to dust. Where door opens
to field, and wild fear turns to white gold.
Come morning, train times unravel
hairlines yet the day still snores, and
you bear the cold war of your dream.
Leah Larwood is a freelance writer and trainee hypnotherapist living in Norfolk. She’s working on her debut poetry pamphlet, Awake when sleeping. She was Runner-Up in the Poetry Society Stanza Competition 2018 (Suffolk) and has been shortlisted several times by various competitions.