The Broken Dream Catcher

Through the door the young man stumbles
Barely holding his weight
He turns on the light
Revealing his clean apartment
The furniture is bright colored
Not a thing is out of place
He paces to the bathroom
Looks in the mirror
Notices his attractive features
Even through the mask of intoxication
His eyes shine bright blue
Sticking out beneath his jet black hair
He washes up and gets set for bed

He’s lying in darkness
There’s a chill in the room
He can’t sleep
The dream catcher hasn’t been put up yet
He climbs out of bed
Does his daily routine of hanging the dream catcher
He misses the nail
It crashes to the floor
The wood on the side breaks
“Oh well,” he says as he hangs it back up

There’s a lake with fine, pure white swans
Swimming nobly then taking off
Flying mystically with their beauty
The scenery flickers
Darkness consumes
The dream feels like reality
The young man wonders, “Is this reality?”
A new scenery, A theater
He remembers it, though faintly
Joy fills him as he sees his lost high school love
The young man wonders, “Is this reality?”
No.. It’s too good
He knows it too
He reaches over to touch her
A sharp pain shoots from his fingers through his body
All is black

His eyes open
Fear and depression spreads through him
“Where am I? Why is this happening?”
No answer...
Minutes later shadows surround him
Torturing
Ripping
Burning
Thrashing
Controlling his body
The pain is overwhelming
He greets death but death isn’t coming
Not yet...
Paralyzing pain
Blinding pain
Deafening pain
Every pain describable
The young man wonders, “Is this reality?”

The pain vanishes but he’s still blinded
An unspoken, comforting voice reaches his mind
“My love, I am fine”
He recognizes the voice
Once again, joy fills him
But then misery
“It is you who is in trouble”

Hours have passed
He’s alone in this purgatory
The young man wonders, “Is this reality?”
He lies there by himself
In pain..
Broken..
Lying in bewilderment..
Lying for eternity..
Only one thought..
That broken dream catcher

 

 

Thank You Chelsea (i think i spelled that wrong lol) for helping with this work! =]

Reviews

[maryann]

i love this one...it seems so real

[Carissa]

i love this poem. the imagery is amazing and it keeps a consistent theme, even though its free verse.

however, i have one request:
I think you should credit your co-writer. ;)

[Wildfleour]

Lou - You've got so much talent and passion. I'm so glad you are posting your work here. Feel free to ask me to get others to read your work. I'll send it out to my "connections" here.

I see you're getting the hang of the site - cool.