Dreams Collide With Despair

Dreams collide with despair

and become twisted nightmares.

Happy memories dance

with visions of a sad future

spinning into tragedy.

We aren't gracefully crying ourselves to sleep

We are screaming until our throats burn.

We are grasping for any signs of love

not delicately pulling at threads.

We are not sitting alone shyly

looking up and waiting.

We are locking ourselves

 in darkness

to hide the fear we face.

We are desperately searching

for reasons to stay in this world

after our happiness has kissed

our sorrow.

We are laughing with tears on our cheeks.

Reviews

[AliciaB]

This poem is awesome. Really powerful language, very visceral and honest portrayal of emotions... wow. I love this. The entire thing is fantastic, but some of my favorite lines are "Happy memories dance / with visions of a sad future / spinning into tragedy" - that image of "spinning into tragedy," and the play on "dance" and "spinning", is super, super cool! I also love "We are laughing with tears on our cheeks." The juxtaposition of happiness and sorrow throughout this piece is beautiful. It does an excellent job of expressing the profound, warring emotions the poem is about. All of the things you say about "We are not..." are true and relatable. They're things we've all experienced, and yet you've spelled them out in a unique and very intense way. This entire poem is extremely well-written. Excellent work!

[Coyote Poetry]

Deep thoughts and honest tone in the words.
"We are desperately searching
for reasons to stay in this world
after our happiness has kissed
our sorrow."
I liked the above lines. Realistic feel to the words. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Emily]

I loved that first line!
Keep up the great work!!