In a dream you are never eighty. ~Anne Sexton
I double dog dared myself to write 2 poems for this one, so here are my poems for the promt:
The Casualties of Dreams,
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The Soul's Odyssey,
It is as an excursion of the heart
when we lay our head to rest
where the matters of the soul
journey back to be a guest
the day rewinds from eyes open to eyes shut
and our thoughts reach out to explore
opening every closed window
and running through every open door
from childhood homes and play grounds
to peril in the streets
it is a high action movie
that is viewed from within the sheets
I double dog dared myself to write 2 poems for this one, so here are my poems for the promt:
The Casualties of Dreams,
Awake I dream of what could be
But Asleep I dream of what has been
re-living my past as a person at times I barely know
each place is a little different
and yet everything is always the same
I brave storms in rooms I have lived in
and walk close to the edge of cliffs where
I know I have never walked
fearless as I would have been
before I ever knew what
it was to fall
yet all the fears I have learned to hold
come out like pigeons wanting crumbs
and every struggle I have wrestled with
manifests itself like a spirit
that floats through
walls
that I rarely can escape
I almost lose my dearest love
down every dangerous street
As I fall further from where I once was
Lost and feeling alone
Then my father
who has been gone for
decades
enters asking me
do I know where I am?
My voice answers
I am only dreaming
As my heart answers,
Yes I am here to visit you!
For awake I dream of what could be
But asleep I dream of what has been.
The Soul's Odyssey,
It is as an excursion of the heart
when we lay our head to rest
where the matters of the soul
journey back to be a guest
the day rewinds from eyes open to eyes shut
and our thoughts reach out to explore
opening every closed window
and running through every open door
from childhood homes and play grounds
to peril in the streets
it is a high action movie
that is viewed from within the sheets
