MESSAGES ( PT One )

Was about a dream I had... and I think my brother was trying to send me a message :)

I Wrote this about 4 years ago....it was after a dream I had with my brother Harry in it... and a message I had to desphier ..... xo

 

THE MESSAGE

 

The room is black,

except for the faint glare of the TV in the background,

something to make me feel safe in some small way.

Hints of noise to drown out the silence--

such deafening silence, though not from within,

there's always noise within.

It's the kind of noise that keeps one awake

until early dawn.

No-- it's not the sound of the bathroom faucet running,

that would be a more pleasant sound--

(but what to do about that running.)

I slip into unconsciousness,

an unintentional state of suspended animation ,

very welcomed-- despite my objections.

Now the play begins.

The unfolding of the conscious mind.

What hides behind is much more revealing,

the actors are stacked and the story is unfolding.

Help in the telling comes from a unique source,

buried deep in the mind?

Maybe?

I believe it to be much more spiritual in nature,

supernatural in it's feel.

Lucid are the colors, real are the people.

They come from places unknown yet familiar.

Some I know by name,

some I love-- they are missed beyond words.

They come with cryptic messages,

with stories of treachery, lies and deceit ,

mapped out in vivid imagery of objects--

with meanings that I am not sure of.

I would dismiss these things if...

it were not for the repeated fashion

of how they were told.

An object here, a relic there,

I don't understand the meaning of it all, at first.

Are these apparitions conceptualized by own mind?

NO! I know these dear ones,

they love me, still-- even though

they no longer roam with the living.

There are too many signs to digest.

I wait for morning.

Sometimes I awake with a jolt,

(always remembering what I dreamed

in the haze of the pitch black night.)

I piece the puzzle together-- bit by bit,

I must decipher through the cobwebs

of the mind with some clarity; a daunting but amusing task.

I will heed these warnings,

warnings that come to me in dreams-- and beyond.

I Plan to embrace solidarity--

leave behind the flapping of malicious lips;

cling to the gifts bestowed upon me

through the handing off of the torch,

which once shined so brightly

in my loved ones soul.

I will stay awake--

be aware of my surroundings,

yet step over the boundaries

I have set for myself.

Meditate in solace

while letting my essence flow through my pen

onto white journal pages

that waits for me...

on my desk.

 

 

 

By: Deborah Mills-Kelly

 

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Reviews

[emmajoy]

' Lucid are the colors, real are the people. ~ They come from places unknown yet familiar. ~ Some I know by name, ~ some I love-- they are missed beyond words.'

To me, those words are the core of your poem, your dark yet strangely enlightening dream. I find the thoughts and feelings that you express are more than clear as if the dream has helped you move on. When we sleep, our brain continues to work, various other 'ticks in the boxes' enable us to dream, sometimes with little to think about BUT, at other times, the dreams become night friends, helping to de-mystify things you might not even know exist. I think your words are superbly written, that you glide through its flow and end up with a destination .. maybe writing the poem was cathartic. i hope so.

[Debbie_Philly]

Thank you so much Emma !! :) It was very cathartic and my brother who has passed away and whom I love very much was there and he did help me to see things and people a little more clearly..... I think you are right about dreams and out night life once we close our eyes and we TRY to switch our brains off.... but you know... we cant do that so... it keeps on without limitations.... something we do have in the light of day :) Thank you so much Emma Im very thankful for you coming by and reading me ;)

[Rahul]

should i relater this msg to human's life...? yeh, offcourse...it's a nice piece and everyone thinks about it everyday, every night but there's hardly a people who write into their own words...yu made this peice very nicely and this's a great msg...this's real.
100/100

[Steve]

I can definitely relate to this story very much. I was intrigued reading this.

[Debbie_Philly]

Thank you very much Steve... this was actually about a dream I had... I haven't had the Pt 2 to the dream yet ;) Thank you again !!!

[Steve]

I am soothed by these words. (I read it again)

[Debbie_Philly]

:)

[That_Girl]

Hmm.. very interesting. I really liked this... definitely got me thinking! :)

[Debbie_Philly]

Thank you Emoeyore....like I said below.... was about a dream...lol. so sometimes my writes are deeply personal.... but whatever the reader gets from it is good with me :) Thank you again !!! :)

[Debbie_Philly]

The perfect noise within silence... the glimpse of rest, anxious within the chest.... The realization of them being around, within your unconciousness, or conciousness, yet not clear, the fear... the unknown, the haunting feeling....The reflections of these perrr-fect felt visions, are indeed a message to build on, I speak through experience, and know it's ridiculous to believe, as a science believer, but there is always more beyond beyond the parralel world, we sniff....

Amazing poem, 100!

E.L.

[Debbie_Philly]

Thank you EL..... you got this on the head... there is always something... right there.... this was about a dream I had... with encrypted messages... and my brother who had passed away was guiding the dream.... so I told a friend and then I came up with this... I will have to o a part two some time..lol. i do think he was warning me about some people in my life at the time. Thank you again so much for reading me !!!

You're so welcome ;) I felt it...

[Tate Morgan]

We let flow the thought as we write only to go back later and rediscover ourselves I think that is what I see here

[Debbie_Philly]

Yes..... it really was a dream I had... wasnt sure what it meant... looked it up and you pretty much got it... thank you Tate !!! :)

[Tate Morgan]

you are welcome