The Waker of DreamsA Poem by David Lewis Paget‘I’m
tired, so tired,’ said Jonathon Black, ‘I
can hardly stay awake,’ His
wife just stared at the back of his head, Went
back to her currant cake. She’d
heard it all a million times Was
bored with the things he’d say, She
wished he’d pack up his things, sometimes And
quietly go away. But
Jonathon sat in his bamboo chair And
stared at the world outside, He
used to be full of energy, But
something inside him died, He
lived in the shadows of tides and scenes That
were conjured behind his eyes, The
throwaway remnants of others dreams He’d
capture in tears and sighs. He
spent the afternoon nodding off Then
woke with a startled cry, ‘You
wouldn’t believe what I saw just now, Right
out of a clear blue sky. A
shadow crept from the bushes there And
it killed young Andrew Deems,’ Giselle
had tutted and shook her head, ‘Just
one of your stupid dreams!’ The
woods, a favourite lovers spot Stretched
out from their own back door, Giselle
would go with a basket there Looking
for mushroom spore. ‘I
saw you out in the woods today But
nothing is what it seems,’ She
turned and snapped at her husband’s back, ‘Just
keep me out of your dreams!’ ‘It
isn’t a question of that,’ he said, ‘I
can’t control what I see, Wherever
a person’s thoughts are at They
keep on coming to me. Even
the strangers that walk on past Have
secrets they send in beams, You’d
think that they would be safe from me But
I’m the waker of dreams. Giselle
had wandered off to the woods With
her basket held on high, While
Jonathon found and loaded his gun, Went
after her with a sigh, He
found her there in a shady nook In
a huddle with Andrew Deems, ‘I
thought I’d warned you, often enough, You
didn’t believe, it seems!’ He
shot the lad as he tried to run Then
dropped the gun to his side, ‘All
I could see in his dreams was you, But
now, that dream has died.’ ‘And
what will you do with me,’ said she And
bit her lip ‘til it bled, ‘I’m
tired, so tired,’ said Jonathon Black Then
put the gun to his head. David
Lewis Paget © 2013 David Lewis PagetFeatured Review
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