Dream Catcher

ingredients of dreams (and how to make dreamy recipes)

Someone, will you catch my dreams

 before they hit the floor?

 To be ripped apart by carnivores,

 and devoured by their schemes

 

Ensnared by the web that snatched the catch

we’ll keep it bouncing free in space.

But when it’s gone there’ll be no trace,

so the start and the finish can’t match.

 

Incensed by life's absurdities,

caution draped in silken threads.

My hopes and dreams are at low ebb,

engaged by my frail sanity.

 

When dreams are caught they may object

to the treatment they have received.

But how are dreams to be believed

if reality is what they protect?

 

dan © 2015

Music: "Dream Weaver," by Gary Wright

 

Author's Note

Reviews

[closed]

dreams are forever a fascinating topic and concept
one could go on forever if they had the time...

great poem



-Dream

[dan]

Dream, Thanks again for your read/review. I always appreciate your input. take care...dan

[samanthaashley_]

This is really great.. I like that it ends with a question. If you beat me in the poetry contest I won't be too mad about it, because at least I'll know why :)

[dan]

Sam, Thank you for your kind-hearted words. It's doubtful I will win; I have entered some of (what I thought) my strongest writes and never got a mention. I usually get good reviews but I think my writing is just not voters' cup of tea. Good luck in the contest. take care...dan

[samanthaashley_]

you never know! if I wasn't in it I would vote for you.

[Henryglass]

This is beautiful. Never read anything like that before. It truly captures how our dreams ensnare us while at the same time creating a net of safety around our lives. Awesome read. Thanks for writing.

[dan]

Henry, Thank you so much for your kind words. I am going to bookmark your page and visit so as to return the favor, ASAP. take care...dan

[RiverRei]

I love this. So much meaning and feeling behind the words that brings so much to it. I love the flow and just everything about this. That may sound lame, but I do. I have no other way to explain this lol. Wonderful piece, thank you so much for sharing :)

[dan]

River, No problem, I just wrote an almost identical review a day or two ago. Sometimes I can't really separate the parts of a write that I like, but I view the whole piece and think, "I can't really explain WHY this piece is great, I just know what I like." I don't need to hear precise analysis of my stuff to give me a technical feel as to why a reader enjoys a piece, often times just reading 'hey, this is good' tells me all I need to know. Thanks for your kind review. take care...dan

[Kelly Scheppers]

I have nightmares more than dreams. I awake, at least I think I'm awake, to find someone standing over me...than I scream, and the sound of my own scream awakens me. It gets my pulse running, to where I reach for the light, just to calm myself down. Of course, my cats sleep through everything!

You are such a weaver of tales that truly ignite one's imagination, Dan!

[dan]

My intent in this write was to puncture the myth propagated by poets and songwriters that all dreams are starlight and rose petals...the 'Catcher' in this piece is a human-like entity rather than a Native American trinket...this 'catchers' aim is to disabuse the notion that all dreams are sweetness and light, to 'catch' these dreams and force the dreamers to see that reality swings both ways, that nightmares occupy the same amount of ethereal space as the nice dreams. A little morbid? Yeah, but you know me by now. 8^) take care...dan

[Matching Socks]

I've not seen this rhyme pattern before. It's cool.
I have a dream catcher. My brother gave it to me because I have bad dreams.
It's beautiful. But the dreams still come.

[dan]

Ana, The dream 'catcher' in my piece is meant to be a human-like entity and not the Native American trinket. The 'catcher' wants to catch dreams and disabuse the notion that dreams are always happy romps through a field if wildflowers. 'Catcher' wants the dreamer to quit using happy dreams to hide the bad things that reality springs on them. He wants to even the dream sequence out so that nightmares accompany the lollipop dreams, in essence defining reality. That rhyme scheme is something I like to use a lot, it's not original but I like how it sort of interrupts the linear flow, a little irregularity. Thanks so much for your insightful review. take care...dan

[Brittany Zedalis]

Hmm..dream catchers. I used to have several of those, tricky little things that they are. They almost always fail me. I greatly enjoyed this poem, dan. Nice job.

[dan]

Luna, The 'catcher' in this piece is actually a human-like entity rather than a Native American trinket. The gist of the write is that dreams are not always happy little romps through a field of wildflowers; instead 'the catcher' wants to shake the dreamer awake to find out that such dreams mask the darkness that is reality, something to fear and prepare one's self for. I gave this poem the title intentionally to have the reader expect rainbows and lollipops instead of questions of sanity and the starkness that reality brings. I thank you for your insightful review, because I believe that however a reader interprets one of my writes is always correct on their part. So you were exactly right, thank you for that. take care...dan

[Brittany Zedalis]

I got that it wasn't literally a dream catcher, lol. I was just throwing my idea of dream catchers in with the review. And you're welcome. I hope to see more work from you in the future.

[Isabel25]

Question- You are asking someone to catch your dreams. What guarantee do you have that that someone won't drop your dreams down and shatter them?

I think children are the only ones who are able to sleep peacefully and dream freely and effortlessly. As you said, the dreams of grown ups are incensed with absurdities and draped in silken thread of caution- I love those lines very very much. Wonderful as always Dan :)

[dan]

Annie, Answer: It is a rhetorical question. My position in this write is that not all dreams are nice. Poets and songwriters write about dreams constantly; in these writes the dreams are usually rainbows and rosebuds, kittens and baby dolls. My position is that the catcher (a human-like entity and not the Native American artifact) wants the dreamer to face their realities, no matter how unpleasant they may be. The catcher, in effect, is shaking the dreamer awake...to face life as it really is and not a romp through dreamland. Thank you for your great review (as always). take care...dan

[Isabel25]

Ohh...now that makes so much more sense :D