Field Of Dreams

Field Of Dreams

 

I’m lost

Lost in a sea of dreams

No

A sea of nightmares

Ever changing, even the people are not what they seem

 

I climb the highest mountains

Only to find it lies in the shadow of an even greater one

I wish to gaze at the stars

But foul demons have blocked the heavens,

And consumed everything, the moon and the sun

 

I build homes

Only to see them burnt to the ground

See the bad being done

Not just by demons, but by the good people who never make a sound

 

I bathe in rivers

Rivers salty, for they are rivers of tears

Tears shed by mothers and fathers

Tears shed by loved ones for the loved that they shall never again see

I see  childrens dreams being corrupted with greed

And long gone are the visions of being heros

Now we want only a one, comma and a lot of zeros

 

As I walk on the ground, I see that it is red

Stained with the blood of millions who fought to keep it

Happiness is lost

And we have all but lost faith and energy to seek it

 

Bongani Armstrong Mhlangu

Reviews

[melissa's heart]

Great poem, you improve daily. Proud of you little bro.

[Tai Ryens]

"I climb the highest mountains/Only to find it lies in the shadow of an even greater one:" brilliant doesn't even begin to describe it.

[anxia]

The last two lines of the last stanza are entrancing!!

'I’m lost
Lost in a sea of dreams
No
A sea of nightmares
Ever changing, even the people are not what they seem'

'I climb the highest mountains
Only to find it lies in the shadow of an even greater one
I wish to gaze at the stars
But foul demons have blocked the heavens,
And consumed everything, the moon and the sun' .I just feel the same.

[Dark Tower]

Thank you Anxia, I'm glad you liked it.

[afra]

such a beautiful write ....i love it ....well done

[Dark Tower]

Thanks Afra.