Dreams

Our impossible dreams

Dreams 

We touch, but then we stiffen into stones,

But then, the pebbles of us find a lake.

We look but our eyes are islands unknown,

But then, on the shores of longing, we wake.

 

We whisper, but then our lips melt away,

But then, in the despair, we find our words.

We mumble, but then our voices decay,

But then our echoes, for ages, are heard.

 

We embrace, but then our limbs twist as snakes,

But then, the serpents of us cling till death.

We caress, but then the dream of us breaks,

But then, our reality draws new breath.

 

We part, but then the voids well up with dreams.

But then, the stupor breaks; dawn softly screams.

Author's Note

Art Credit: 'Marc Chagall's Blue World'

"For in the end, we will only just remember how it felt to dream.
~L.J. Smith

Reviews

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

'Dawn softly screams.' it is a very arresting line. that we wake from our dreams, only to find a comparatively dull reality is a sadness we all know. the sweetness of dreams, their surreal logic, and infinite wonder are captured in your words. that we may dream of those we hold dear, a prayer we all share. those separated but connected in spirit.

[AYVID N]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this poem. You said it beautifully that those separated but connected in spirit often meet in their dreams.

[D. Mansfield]

You nailed the random futility, of our dreams partly because they shatter, when we open our eyes. I love this poem

[Snow_]

Contrasting but again will still love again. Your poem is lovely

[Dennis Wolf]

The beauty of any dreamscape is revealed when it is finally shattered, then ground to dust clouds, cascading down before our eyes, glimmering in the purple hues of the new dawn. 🤔

They're meant to be shattered, just like the big words of poetry and philosophy are meant to fall in the dust and like the notes soaring from an instrument melding into silence.

Great piece here.

[AYVID N]

Thank you Dennis. I really like that you say dreams are meant to be shattered. And that a breaking dreamscape has a stunning beauty of its own. An entire poem has emerged from your kind review.

[Dennis Wolf]

Cheers. 😁 Sometimes I can be useful 🤔

[Andra Davis]

I sense a play of words differently here. Nice one.

[AYVID N]

Thank you very much Andra. I appreciate you looked in.