I dreamed a dream before midnight.

In between dreams and reality.

Run, eyes down.

Torture ridden eyes

Don’t appeal.

Burn. Light the fire

 

The trinkets of yesterday

they hang and drag you down.

The necklace round your neck

You thought it once beautiful

 

Why now?

You leapt and reached

And begged and pleaded

Heck! You coaxed yourself.

 

Still, listless sleep.

You drank, you blinked

You took it in

Forgot yourself in between.

 

The wooden box that filled your dreams

That ate your soul, the delusional piece.

The urban, exotic mystery.

That travelled through with wandering beams

 

Stepped on, footprint. Unclean.

Faces of anguish, hidden by success,

Neglected unintentionally. Unseen.

What is left? (You, me, us) A tragic mess.

Author's Note

A little midnight reflection.

Reviews

[VelvetRosetta]

I felt myself prancing on pin cushions... excellent piece!

[Just Cat]

Nice writing. I love the dreamy feel to it.
The second to last stanze caught my attention the most. It is beautiful to read aloud, almost song like.
Thank you for sharing :)

[Dream Weaver]

A great amount of vision and imagery
in this splendid write, with a very
intriguing last stanza.... Well done...

[bluessadmood]

Ohh i liked how you did this..what a burden life is
only yesterday it was all smiling to me,and i laughed,i could not stop myself
still deep inside i knew something was always dragging me down,to earth
feet dragged so heavy,like i was loaded with some heavy weight all my life
i knew it will never be so light to walk on ,never all smiles,but had to reach some end
all fools does ,they think some end is wonderland..i think not..but i always think different ha ha
i really liked this ,deep and full of thoughts and lovely words
lovely write..

[Hello, Goodbye]

Absolutely love this.. I love the effortless way that your words read.. it has a flow that hits every rhythm beat with precision. Your selection of words and imagery is strong and the concepts fully expressed.. great piece.

[An owl on the moon]

You express the story so intricately, in between those moments of sleeping and restless wonderings. Darkly melancholic and moving.

[FuMiko]

This is beautiful, a very well-written piece that emphasizes the cruel facts of life and a story of self-realization. For some reason I read it in the voice of Sean Daley, and it felt personal and passionate.