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Open Poetry #30

wrestling with crocodiles

misanthropology
Junior Member

since 2004-01-02

Posts 17

0 posted 2004-01-11 02:16 PM

Last night I dreamt that
I was inside of a burning house
I look around and see no windows
Or doors

Meeting me at every turn were
Walls
and walls
Adorned with crimson vines of wrath

The flurry of falling embers and the fiery gaze of the hydras
Was more than I could bear.
She says that
Last night I struck out in my sleep
And I tell her
It was only the child inside of me
Wrestling with crocodiles.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

1 posted 2004-01-13 01:44 AM

Interesting write -- sounds like a nightmare to me! What out for those crocodiles!

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

2 posted 2004-01-13 03:29 AM

wow...wishing you more peaceful sleep

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2004-01-13 11:11 PM

Nice writing...James

Saunni
Senior Member

since 2000-07-11

Posts 1777
West Virginia

4 posted 2004-01-14 12:32 PM

You've got that right! I have been there but I surely never knew how to put it into words like you have! This is splendid!

Sauni:)The Only Time I See The Sun Is When I'm Within That Vanilla Breeze.The Only Time I'm One With The Sun Is When He Shelters Me From The Rain.

KristieSue

Senior Member

since 2003-01-31

Posts 1460
PA, US

5 posted 2004-01-14 11:31 AM

wow...I just love this. I guess we all have a child inside of us that fights to survive...you put it wonderfully

Failure isn't failure if a lesson from it is learned ~ KS

McLean
Member

since 2004-01-05

Posts 484
state of marital bliss

6 posted 2004-01-18 07:04 AM

Adorned with crimson vines of wrath

I like that word combination. When I have an odd or bad dream, I wake with the emotion that was born within sleep. Takes me a bit to come out of it. Strange.

McLean

J.Samm
Member

since 2004-01-12

Posts 415
Iloilo City, Philippines

7 posted 2004-01-18 08:12 AM

"the child inside of me
wrestling with crocodiles"

sounds a lot of fun to me!

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