Befuddled, bothered and bewildered

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Open Poetry #50

Befuddled, bothered and bewildered

jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

0 posted 2017-02-11 04:23 PM

Before dawn-break, I often wake up
the room still dark, curtains drawn;
a pinprick glow from my nightlight
clown with downcast troubled face
keeps me from stumbling around drunken.

I can't shake off the feeling
I am  having dreams of another life,
real or not. This inspires me
to  go back to sleep, and there wave
a magic wand to reshape my life.

Like a writer given the license
to build a plot, conquer worlds
with  flair and ease, I can steer a course
beyond a road not snagged like tangled threads.
away from a crazy necropolis of twists and thorns.

But the dreams are hazy when I open my eyes,
sleep sloughing off as I grope into my mind
looking for something wonderful to hold on to
I am befuddled,  a sense of disconnection
bothers me, holds and bewilders me.

Dream images follow me around
like shadows I don't wish to evade,
like the scent of wilted flowers
flirting with me - my unhappy clown
blurts out a merry haha, gives me the finger.

@jjote 02/11/2017

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2017-02-11 06:12 PM

Hah! You took me on a ride, and I am here to tell you, jjolte, it was a ride and a half, and I felt right at home. As they say . . . I have been on that ride before, a number of times. Dreams. They can get so real and bizarre at the same time. Since I have begun taking medication for my short term memory loss they come more often and more vivid. Yikes!

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2017-02-13 08:47 PM

something I don't understand...dreams...james

Bluesy Socrateaser
Member Elite

since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

3 posted 2017-02-14 05:17 PM

I don't think any good ever came out of dream interpretations. It's like a latter-day prophet. What's the point in trying to figure things that have already happened? To look ahead with faith and hope may offer up forms of kind assurance, but I like it all in the 'now'. It makes me feel more confident regarding outcomes.

...just bein' Bluesy

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