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week 1 July/24/1998
and were written on the theme of "A Dream"
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NIGHTTIME

Darkness enveloping the light
my eyes can not see
my hands can not touch
my ears can not hear
my mouth can not taste
nor speak
nor scream

Dreams
how do I face the night
my lungs can not breathe
my blood can not flow
my brain can not think
my heart can not beat
nor break
nor love

Fears
strangling any hope of peace
my senses are useless
my spirit can not soar
my mind has lost control
my soul is hurting
and lost
and alone
Kindred Spirit©


LOVE DREAM

My head upon my pillow soft
as sleep comes near to me.
I thought I felt the kiss of love
and dared not my eyes to open.

If this be dream, then linger on
and last the whole night through
it fill my sleep with sweet caress..
re-live the carnal pleasures.

If the be real, then shake me wake
so I may gaze on thee...
to know the one who loves me so
and let love enter in.
Linda2001©


DREAM OF SOULS

When I speak to those in my family,
Their actions and words are all I'm able to see.

For I am only able to touch the outside;
But who are the souls they live as inside?

When awake, I listen to their plastic eyes speak;
But in sleeping solitude -- into their souls I peek.

When my conscience is calm and unnaturally at rest;
I connect my mind with their thoughts I quest.

As I look out through their minds and see myself in their dreaming;
I observe and realize: my outside they're deeming.

When I crawl deeper, their utopias I find;
And they appear as part of that picture in my mind.

I see Michelle, she is one of my aunts:
Part of nature as a fairy tale princess, the forest she enchants.

Because the utopia her soul sincerely desires
Is a sinless place full of life, which 'requires:

Everything beautiful Mother Nature has made,
And soft Springtime weather that she bade.

Michelle is singing tunes of the birds in the trees,
Soaking her feet in the sparkling brook,
and breathing in the blowing breeze.

This perfect place is what she is:
So pure and carefree; optimistic.

That is Michelle's dream which I discover --
Her soul is pure - that is why everyone loves her.

Then my gramma, Judy, I see;
She always takes time to listen to me.

When I'm sad she understands how I feel;
And prays for my happiness to help my heart heal.

Though Gramma's body will die, her soul will remain forever extant.
I believe Gramma's life is like that of a plant.

A plant will live while conditions are fair;
Though its out sides drift away during Winter, its soul remains there.

It starts a new life the next Spring when reborn!!
To, again, live a new life, and the meadow adorn.

As a plant inhales carbon dioxide we give,
And returns oxygen to help us also live:

gramma takes from those who give to her,
But never forgets to return that favor.

Like the breathing cycle of a plant: taking, then giving -----is the
way I see Gramma's soul in my dreams. As a plant dies every Winter,
but is then reincarnated to live through a new Spring and sprout new
leaves as memories of growing through its new life, I see my gram ma,
who lives forever.

I see my aunt's own dreams - I see my Gramma's soul;
But I see my mother differently: sense her feelings and life's goal.

When I connect with my mom , all I feel is pain :
Of the stress and impatience tormenting her brain.

She is like a sponge used in the kitchen sink:
Absorbing so much junk, she is unable to think.

Mom absorbs all of the world's junk and bad:
And is unable to squeeze out confusion she's had.

A sponge squeezes water, but still holds the dirt in its middle;
Mom cries her tears, but the hurt stays in her heart, which feels love so little.

Her goal is to raise her self esteem;
That is her life I feel in my dream.

Then I awaken to see them all
Put on an act as if the had the gall:

To actually try and fool people like me
Into thinking there is less to themselves than I am able to see.

Their identities dwell deeper than to others may seem;
I'm familiar with that reality, because I had a dream.
Calliope14©


BEYOND CONSCIOUSNESS

As I lay in bed
My body becomes weightless
My mind becomes blank
And then... it happens...
I have entered a realm
Beyond consciousness

Pictures unfold
Before my mind's eye
A story is told
Under the dark night sky

It is a story
That I've seen before
So I already know
What lies in store

Try as I might
I cannot rearrange
The story as it's told
The ending, unchanged

Light streams through the window
I lay awake
My heart does race
My body does shake

The dark of night
Has given way to day
The effects of the dream
Soon fade away...
Shadow Whysper©


DREAMERS  STRUGGLE
On a dark and eerie night as I lay in slumber
In my dreams a monster did trudge and lumber
He was an ugly beast of massive fang and fur
And loud moans of pain did his passing stir
Fast did I run but never greater did my lead grow
And to soon did my feet begin to slow and slow
While no where was there for me to turn and hide
Yet into a veil of swirling mist and darkness I tried
Even as I was about to disappear from his sight
With a huge hand he reached out to grab me tight
I felt his rough hand slowly close around my neck
And my breath stop because his grip had it in check
Struggling I felt I was about to pass out from lack of air
And awoke thrashing and fighting thinking I was in his lair
A flip of the switch and blinding light flooded the room
And then I saw who's grip had me on the edge of doom
It was my sheet that entwined itself around my throat
Embarrassed as I was, now you all can laugh and gloat
Bear1Mage©

SLEEPING DREAM

Oh my god it was only a dream
But oh so real did it all seem
Hard does my heart pound in my chest
And while I may have slept I got no rest
My mouth is dry and it taste of dust
I don't want to close my eyes but I must
I cant be sure its not there waiting on me
Taking control of everything in there I see
I want no more dreams intruding my sleep
The control of my nights I want to keep
But an alarm goes off and I jolt upright
Confused as the dream fades form my sight
Was I dreaming, am I asleep or am I awake
Oh please someone wake me up for God's sake
Bear1Mage©
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