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ice
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0 posted 2004-02-06 08:16 PM


Slumber it seems to a child:
Is a continuation
Of staying awake,
When dark-time brings out
Night-beat drummers,
And the day-band of the sun
Gives up conduction.
*
Rest insists of run-worn legs:
The Childs body changes,
As all the world does
When viewed from horizontal.
Cracks in the wall of reality
Are caulked with mysticals,
To seal out the light;
In a different kind of world
Of ever changing
Transcendentals.
*
Awake or in dreams,
The young wizards mind
Is absent of difference...
Aloft on a plane,
With no adult seams;
Fences or boundaries
*
Their eye-slits beg sleep tokens:
Closed, yet still slots
That osmotic, sleep ghosts
Slip, like soft coins dropped
In nickelodeons...
A strange animation begins,
They enter netherword
Falling (holding) hands
With Alice,
Taking in the opiate-
Smoke of sleep
Puffed out, by a toad-stooled cat;
Who knows they don't care,
Where they're going.
*
Children accept as real,
All who dwell there it seems
In dream-web snares
Of fairy queens and mad hares.
But midlife creeps
And swells-shut, adult minds
Experience makes us blind;
Sad it is that we deny,
The reality of dreams.

© Copyright 2004 ford hume - All Rights Reserved
Martie
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1 posted 2004-02-06 08:24 PM


ice

"Their eye-slits beg sleep tokens:
Closed, yet still slots
That osmotic, sleep ghosts
Slip, like soft coins dropped
In nickelodeons..."

wonderfully written, my friend!

Magnus
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2 posted 2004-02-06 08:27 PM


Ice,  a gem.  Pure and simple...a gem of
a write,  thank you.

Mistletoe Angel
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3 posted 2004-02-06 08:31 PM




(big angel hugs) Oh Ford, this is so very sad but true, sweet friend, I would be heartbroken if I ever lost my sense of youth and wonder and dreaming, sweet friend, I believe they are important and must always be held dear! (sigh) I send angel hugs to the children in encouraging them to hold them dear, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Ford, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20

Margherita
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4 posted 2004-02-06 08:45 PM


Beautiful, melancholic write. Every child has the right to dream, to follow it, to realize it.
Love, Margherita

Enchantress
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5 posted 2004-02-06 09:44 PM


Excellent write Ford.
I think the child within us all....is not that far away.
Hugs~

~ I like not only to be loved,
   but to be told I am loved ~
                
            

iliana
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6 posted 2004-02-06 09:48 PM


Yes, sad it is that we ignore them.  Wonderful poem, Ice!
BluesSerenade
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7 posted 2004-02-06 10:41 PM


But don't you see, you drove the dream home?
My my, dear ice,  this is so worth keeping.

ice
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8 posted 2004-02-07 08:53 PM


Martie
Thank you for the nice comment..

Magnus
"Gem" what a nice thing to call this poem, Thank you..

Mistletoe/Noah
I don't think you will ever lose your sense of wonder...
Thank you for reading and commenting

Margherita
Yes, every child has that right, but so do we as adults
"to follow it" and "to realize it...thank you

Nancy
The child is always very close, you are right..
Thank you for reading..

iliana
Thank you , "wonderful " is such a wonderful word..

Bluesy
Yes, now I do see I drove the dream home....now that you have confirmed it....Thank you...

Again, Thank you all for reading and the nice comments
________ice
  ><>

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9 posted 2004-02-18 10:27 AM


Children accept as real,
All who dwell there it seems
In dream-web snares
Of fairy queens and mad hares.
But midlife creeps
And swells-shut, adult minds
Experience makes us blind;
Sad it is that we deny,
The reality of dreams.


PERFECT!

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