My Collection of Bad Dreams

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Open Poetry #33

My Collection of Bad Dreams

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

0 posted 2004-09-09 12:24 PM

My Collection of Bad Dreams

Why do you come back into my life
acting as if you were never gone?
Why do you act like we had something
special when what we had was long gone?
You never gave that much to me,
you made me do all of the work.
You did as little as possible,
you were an inconsiderate jerk.
On good days you were adorable,
but those were far and few inbetween,
on bad days you were deplorable,
you were undesirable and mean.
I'm afraid you were not the woman
of my dreams but you did succeed
in making a sizeable contribution
to my collection of bad dreams.

JamesLee
September06
2004

milkweed
Junior Member

since 2004-09-07

Posts 42
fields of gold

1 posted 2004-09-09 12:29 PM

I'm smiling because your poem made me think of an old cliche' - "bad pennies" just keep returning - that was it.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2004-09-09 06:40 AM

I have to say, although by no means intending to make light of your poem, that a bad dream is a lot better than a recurring nightmare. But well said - we do collect lots of bad dreams along the way. Perhaps it's in our nature to "collect" like stamps, coins, etc. and then one day we just give it all away.

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

3 posted 2004-09-09 07:05 AM

thought provoking

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

4 posted 2004-09-09 09:55 AM

So why don't the good ones come back? I don't know, sigh. I like the way you say this straight out.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

MGROVES

Member Elite

since 2004-02-01

Posts 3802
california

5 posted 2004-09-09 04:14 PM

know this one too well

quatro
Member

since 2003-04-29

Posts 392
Galveston, Texas

6 posted 2004-09-09 04:37 PM

I think we may have shared the same bad dreams. I hope good ones come to you soon.

quatro

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