DreamscapeA Poem by Re-PeteDreams and reality.I woke up early this morning before the sun. My life had stopped but the dream was not done. The darkness and I had our fun. The light was coming and claimed it had won. The whippoorwill called and the door was ajar. Emotion defied reason like a pedantic punk. A coven of witches danced with fire. Hula girls swayed with palm trees in the balmy breeze. Men with helmets and shields twirled batons of fascinating, flickering flames. Trees stood nearby at attention like a picket fence. Pirates held swords and swung from ropes to climb aboard. Slinky, twangy, steel guitars and bongo drums. Hypnotic, mesmerizing melodies. I woke up early this morning before the sun. My life had stopped but the dream was not done. The darkness and I had our fun. The light was coming and claimed it had won. Men with briefcases sprinted by in a gauntlet of gabardine. Obsolete phone booths stood as portals to black, vacuous wormholes. Unknown eyes peered from the forest and around corners. Paranoid perspiration covered green, galvanized grass. Church bells clanged in the distance. Idyllic incense perfumed the air with a majestic mystery. The night was pregnant with a new day. It brought forth the sunlight with maternal pain. Summoning all to a new hurly-burly. I woke up early this morning and felt the sun. My life was back and the dream was done. The darkness and I had our fun. The fallacious fog was lifted and a new tale was spun. I walk the winding road alone like a man on the run. The glorious day was born and .... ... the wayward night was its stepson ... © 2017 Re-PeteFeatured Review
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Added on February 8, 2017Last Updated on February 10, 2017 AuthorRe-PeteBoston, MAAboutI love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..Writing
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