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A Dream Others Also Experienced
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A Dream Others Also Experienced |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296
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Thunderclouds seal the place of drive by shootings It is forgiven…like magic from a fortune kit In drifts of tide from a cyclopean sea With eyes pouring response upon me My wounds became freedom, charm, the martyr Assault weapons take me hostage Sweet surrender became the bottom of my glass Up some green spiral staircase, my assailants drug me I wasn’t prepared, my black belt was lost White flag waving from past nothings Self-importance became an experimental science Enterprise in the service of the spiritual Sponsors lined workshops making ready Race for the Cure Drama submissions became internal, to anyone who would contribute Like a woman telling her story to anyone who would listen A reminder of some post hypnotic syndrome Granting 3 wishes & 1 scratch off lottery ticket Anything flew, even winter’s whitewashed fence Degree angles lit every bar-b-q grill in the US I watched looking through the eyes of film To me, 5th Avenue lost character I wanted to be someplace else Connecting dots to the membranes of NASU Placing white roses on the graves of soldiers Shouting tears, shredding sex changes & boa holds Feeding the minds of art, lost behind cages Ballroom dancing held up snug in BBC Purchasing a Jack LaLane juicer Carrots will never taste the same Poultry’s life span lives on a conveyor belt Bland, disfigured, loosing the will to scratch But…the waiting larva takes an elevator to some solar avenue Swirling around earth, forming shadows….good wise ones Pondering some mysterious heist…opening bared windows Sending physic messages like a Christmas surprise All of a sudden, my life seemed amazingly small Like an insect that mates then dies…but life carries’s on Meteor showers wearing sunglasses From the glare of definite giggles All was predestined, erasing all typos Melting faces wear smiles and the 7th sign Drifting on some long forgotten knowledge Where dreams stand up for what they believe And everyone owns one I saved that scratch off lottery ticket And threw it to the wind For who ever might see the significance in it. Life awakens with low carbs Vitamin C becomes a pregnant mother Andrew Lloyd Weber becomes the great choreographer Of Armageddon As a reminder that a new world is coming And I’m given a key to the sea Where Atlantis awaits on ice With powers way beyond the imagination Candlelight becomes our night queen Aura emanating just one trickle of hope And life, life, will never again be as we know it There’s a spirit urging us, shaking us Whispering “Wake Up” |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
The last line is so true: “There’s a spirit urging us Whispering Wake Up.” But I think to some that spirit should be shouting “Wake Up.” Love this write. You are a true artist Lee J. Beautiful write! JL |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
You have captured the dream-like images in beautiful stanzas, but I particularly liked this one... "All of a sudden, my life seemed amazingly small Like an insect that mates then dies…but life carries’s on Meteor showers wearing sunglasses From the glare of definite giggles All was predestined, erasing all typos Melting faces wear smiles and the 7th sign Drifting on some long forgotten knowledge Where dreams stand up for what they believe And everyone owns one" nicely done... |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
What a blending, like a concoction of a hundred items blended in a blender, swirling.... Such are dreams, such a mixture of so many things... Great imagery here LeeJ... |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
LeeJ -- I think many are waking up, then we go to sleep again -- kind of half sleep now. I pray I'm worthy of the new world when it arrives. One of your best writes, I think, by the way.  |
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MGROVES
since 2004-02-01
Posts 3802california |
WOW |
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