Shakes Me Right

    There is something that wakes me in the night, which makes no noise but shakes me right, until I am unable to wait for a new days light.

    I am not as young as I used be, and sleep is not as exciting to me.  An informal snooze is what I like, because I don’t miss anything when I am sitting upright. I steal some Z’s whenever I can, but sleeping in bed is not for me.

    When the morning stumbles upon the light, I get up feeling somewhat sedated but all right. I try to stretch out the old cramped muscles that were a confined all night, I brush my teeth, and quaff my hair; thank God most are still there!

    Finally, I step into the kitchen feeling like “The Old Man and the Sea”, but as soon as I get a glimpse of my wife, I know old age cannot be.

   
 She must be the one that shakes me right, and that is why I can’t wait for a new days light.