Raven-ous

once inside a midnight dreaming

bored and ornery I was scheming

deeds and paybacks for some brokenhearted love

while I wondered, deeply pondered

of the time I'd sorely squandered

listening to the gentle warning of a mourning dove

came a cawing, someone bawling

so enthralling, it sent me crawling

down the damp, dark hallway with a force much like a shove

there was sitting, unremitting

ravens sipping something dripping

from the open attic door and the ceiling up above

though completely unaware

and through a deep and steely stare

lay tiny partial pieces of my faithless former lover

awakened from a midnight dreaming

with smiley faces on my ceiling

revealing my concealing's that I've hidden undercover