morningtide chills,
causes the moment
of wakening to linger–
scattering the vestiges
of dreaming into limbo
where am I?
hidden inside
my longing to stay
covered, warm,
release all
obligations
I shiver
wonder whether
I can reject this
habitual rising
for a protracted
pause
They turn the heat off in my building at night and it doesn’t come on again until 6 am. My alarm goes off at 5:30, and these days it’s very tempting to linger for a half hour or more.
A quadrille for dVerse, where Merril has provided the word shiver.
K. 
It’s so hard to leave a warm bed on a cold morning. Love this and I identify! ❤️
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Thanks Charlotte. Yes it is!
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Ah,the joys of pressing yourself against a soft,warm pillow on a warm bed,while surrounded by cold! 🙂
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Yes, it’s a good feeling under that comforter.
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Indeed 🙂
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Ahhh!!! So you’re basically sleeping in an igloo. 😮 I understand this rejection of habitual rising. I feel it often as well.
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I’m definitely glad to have a down comforter!
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Who wouldn’t! I too am loath to leave my bed early in winters. But turning the heat off at night when it is the coldest!!
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They want to save money on the heat. I suspect if the temperature dipped below zero they would keep it on though.
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That is somewhat comforting to know.
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A very well-worked poem, capturing the loss and confusion of the moment…yes, the early mornings like that are not normal…
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We adapt. And look forward to spring…
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There’s a certain amount of procrastination here too. I suspect some of the confusion about time and place is just because it’s so cold!
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I think you’re right. But spring is on the way.
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We’ve gone back to thick impenetrable fog again.
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If only it would keep the hunters away.
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They don’t care. They can’t see what they’re shooting at anyway.
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ouch, I feel for you and all your neighbours, seems a bit cruel to me 😦
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They are trying to save money. This is far from the coldest apartment I’ve lived in. And the heat is on during the day.
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very glad it works for you!
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Ooh, I wouldn’t want to have someone else controlling my heat! You might need to have a rack of layering ready to step into as you throw the blankets back. Here I heat only my bedroom to halfway warm (65) while the rest of the house is around 62, which means I get the shock when I open my bedroom door. Luckily the heat vents run along the floor and I have cat beds near them so the furbabies stay cozy.
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It can be too hot too. One apartment I lived in my windows were always open wide, even on the coldest days. Or it can be worse–one of my first apartments would have ice on the inside of the windows. But we are all lucky in comparison with people living on the streets.
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So true, Kerfe. This time of year is so bad. Couldn’t imagine it yet so many live it.
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Too many.
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So evocative, Kerfe. That’s weird that they turn the heat off and not just down. I turn ours down to 60 at night because I like it cool when I sleep. I’m always up between 5 and 5:30.
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I get up earlier in summer–the birds wake me.
I like that better.
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That is nicer, I agree.
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Cold mornings make it far too hard to climb out of bed! And as a retired vacationing mouse I’ve no inclination to rise at 5:30 OR 6:00 AM…
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It’s the only time I can get any work done. Even so every day gets away from me…
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Wow, the first stanza was so concise in describing the awakening process…nicely done. I am all for the “protracted pause”….whenever possible.
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Sometimes it’s the only way to approach the day. Thanks Mish.
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That would be so much easier to take if we were allowed to hibernate! Brr.
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I do feel like hibernating some days.
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I imagine that shiver as the slipping of a dreams grasp on reality.
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Yes, I think that’s right.
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I am up early every morning… I have to get out before the workday of meetings starts.
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I used to get up at 4:30. But I’m “retired” now.
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Oh, that morning chill: I know it well!
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It’s that time of year.
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