Wake Me Up

 

 

Wake me up

When peace is near

When petty differences

Have all disappeared

Wake me up

When complaints aren't valid

When the owner of faith

Has cast its ballot

Wake me up

When positive is king

When negative is beheaded

And all the land doth sing

Wake me up

When love is cherished

When evil gave up

And hate finally perished

Wake me up

When that new day begins

For today passed away

When it let yesterday in.

Reviews

[Enigma]

Amazing!! Truly amazing!! Brilliant!! Superb!! Fantastic!! Terrific!! AWESOME!!
Whoa! I'm out of appreciative words.....lol
This was, as I already said, amazing. Capturing that perfect yesterday which we all long for in such a vivid and descriptive way, I'm bound by some spell.
This can be a magical chant to go back to those heavenly times.
The rhyme scheme is my fav, as always....
You're a great poet/ writer/ friend/ person/ umm....human?!?!?
Lolz...
PERFECT!! and even better....^_^

[Prose-full]

brilliant...

[Creepy Swine Guy]

Oh I am so with you here. I love this poem.

[universalove]

FABULOUS. WORDS SPEAK STRONGER THAN ACTIONS. MARVELOUS. SOME PEOPLE ARE BLESS AND DON`T KNOW IT. BUT THE WAY YOU WRITE YOU TOUCH MY THOUGHTS AND MY SPIRIT. THANK YOU.

[Pikkakard]

Soooo jealous. I would love to write like this. There are so many great poets on this site, and many more I haven't discovered yet. I'm glad I found your work. It's inspiring!

[lauren emily]

I think we all wish this..:)
But sadly, I think it may be out of our reach at the moment.
Thanks so much for posting! Awesome poem!

[fireblossom]

Wonderful poetry. A sentiment we can all relate to. By all, I mean all poets, however some mortals too must relate ;-)

Rodney King - "Can't we all ju-just get along?"

You have edited this fine piece down to an essence. Take away or add one word and it is diminished. Well done sweet poet.

I will explore your writing at greater length.

[[untitled]]

This is just another example of your poetic beauty, my friend. Yes, wake me up, too! So much surrounding us, as a society . . . and so much of it, negative. Take me back to yesterday, when riding a bike through the neighborhood wasn't a threat to innocence.

I love this piece . . . it's haunting, truthful, and exquisitely written.

Brava!

[Edmond Dantes]

nice li poem, it's so funny how we poets get inspired by a line such as, "Wake Me Up" & you just ran we it & created a very effective/nice rhyming lil story that really means something. Lately, I tried the old Thesaurus method that i read s. plath would do, i randomly picked words from it & just wrote on the spot! My two poems are fro the words "Effective" & "Imperishable". maybe as a lil challenge for myself I'll try my hand at "Wake Me Up" & see what I can come up with & see just how bizarre/different I can make it! thanks for sharing

[ANNA]

I'm blow away by your powerful brilliant writing! I love this piece and how it made me look deeper within. This was a terrific poem and the message you sent out to all. Thank you for sharing this Amazing work.

Much love n respect,
Anna

[Catrinka]

Dani, this may be your best write yet - it's very good! You've got some great lines here - my fave lines:

When the owner of faith
Has cast its ballot

Wake me up
When love is cherished
When evil gave up
And hate finally perished

Good stuff my friend - keep 'em comin'!