Sleeping past 4 30

the alarm went off at 5 10,
not in an insistent way, just enough
volume to stir the conscious mind,
soft enough to be ignored, to
continue that dream that in which
we were so engrossed,
to allow us to sleep on past 5 20,
5 30, 6 00 or even into the coming
night with the stars reeling overhead
and the moon singing sweet
lullabies.