I saw the lights go out at Blue Ocean

thoughts at a stoplight

 

I saw the lights go out at BlueOcean

There was fighting and violence

That is when I remembered where I kicked her a*s

I felt no anger

That is how I knew it was a dream

 

I saw the lights go out at BlueOcean

I recalled a sister being called a n****r

in a town I live and breath

my blood boiled

Feeling anger I can not put into words

Acknowledging the time and place

which she stood

Recognizing my deeper call

this was not a dream

 

I saw the lights go out at BlueOcean

Suddenly the memory of thousands and thousands of unknown perished faces

Children, mothers dying in a far away place

Feeling sad attached to a feeling I can not describe

Unnecessary truth

Knowing we are at the hands of others

Because of the deeds of our own

I beg for this to be a dream

I saw the lights go out at BlueOcean

Loneliness overwhelming me was tangible

My heartbeat in time with emptiness

Time fades into yesterday

He wonders out into someone else’s reality

The dream is my past and her present

 

I saw the lights go out at BlueOcean

Determined to stay in Faith

Making hope something we can communicate

Rebuild from this devastation

Making justice prove its strength

I knew it could not be a dream when the light turned green and

I made the left to my home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[NJ Schneider]

I loved this line

"Determined to stay in Faith

Making hope something we can communicate

Rebuild from this devastation

Making justice prove its strength"

I think this may be my favorite of your work so far, amazing, truely amazing.

[N. James Frazier]

Very interesting, question, what is the blueocean, but i like the personal tone and the way you describe your dreams, where they are vivid but not vivid enough. its kind of cool what you do in that you provide some back gtound to the scene, but allow the reader to make it there own envisionment.(if thats a word) and unfortunatly i liked the refrence to hate, like i was talking about im trying to understand humanity, and expressions from all sorts and types of peole with their love and hate help me mold a better understanding of the humanity that is man.

[Andrea A. Wentz]

Unfortunately I don't really understand what this is about. Seemed like a bar fight at first, then sounded like a powerful woman standing up for whats right, then memories/thoughts of a far off place where terrible things happened, then it sounded like a relationship gone wrong. I'm sorry i didnt understand this piece more, but I think that made it all the better for me. With out understanding it, I still felt the emotions of fear, strength, courage, sadness, hopelessness, isolation, resolve, and acknowledgement. This is a wonderful piece Danielle to be able to have others feel all those emotions with out really understanding what the poem is about. Very good write! Thank you so very much for sharing it! :D