Early Rising

Today's NaPoWriMo prompt was to write a curtal sonnet, which has 11 lines (the last line being shorter than the others) and a rhyme scheme of ABCABC DBCDC. I tried my best to use iambic pentameter like in traditional sonnets.

Early Rising

By Candace Shultz

She woke in bed to hear a noisy thing.

She turned her head to look with bleary eyes

And grabbed her phone to check on her alarm,

But not a sound was made. She heard no ring.

She really didn't want to wake and rise

Until a little hand did hold her arm.

"I'm hungry!" sang the voice of her dear son,

And even though he woke before sunrise

She knew she'd never want to bring him harm,

So up from bed she rose and watched him run

With energetic charm.