Animated Dreams

What isolation and confusion can do to the human mind.

Behind your shadow the space is safe.

I don't stumble or trip down to the

bottom of half empty pill bottles.

 

You had me hypnotized, looking farther to the deepest eyes

blue and green and even the ones I couldn't see.

You had me blinded and visions of happy scenes were in between.

 

I fell asleep without having to be lulled

by pleading eyelids forced to stay open.

 

I knew this practice would never subside

thereby forcing me to take my ambien.

 

But later that night when silent movie screens

came to me in silver scenes I found my harbor to

rest my mind and disguise my life with overacted

animated dreams.

 

Where Matthew Broderick shares my pencils and combs but

leaves me with half lit cigarette "this isn't our first time on the veranda"

 

-Nevermind me Now-

I speak in Random

 

broccoli

cauliflower

daisy

sunset

laughing

crybabies

had to make up

my princess

please don't

pay attention

I'm in defecit...

 

(You must not repeat this)

Author's Note

This was after a dream, it makes no sense. I know.

Reviews

[DannyLynne Riley]

This piece is fantastic. The way you ended it with what seems like senseless dream chatter is quite fascinating. I'm glad you went with your instincts here and included it. Sometimes the things we dream that don't make much sense at the time have a way of finding themselves relevent at a future time. Someday when when your caught up in your daily routine a certain sound or movement will catch your mind and things will click into place and you might say to yourself "aha!!!" paving the road for a possible future write... good job -DannyLynne

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. i agree with skin ... this indeed is a very interesting read ... distress causes a lot of internal churning ... we are only human ...

[Skin]

Interesting read. :-)

Ambien should have a capital A

2 reasons 1 because it is a trade name 2 people will not think it is a spelling mistake or typo (not everyone knows what Ambien is)

Spelling 'defecit' < < < < deficit

Never mind < < < two words not one

[Erin]

"thereby forcing my to take my ambien." Did you mean "me" as in "thereby forcing ME to take my ambien"? Just a thought on grammar...
I like how it goes into random words at the end; it's how most dreams are. I once had a dream in which Barney the Purple Dinosaur stuffed me into a washing machine to save me from robbers in my house. What inspiration caused that to happen? I don't know, but most dreams are like that.
It not making sense made the tone amusing and fun. It's a relief that poets still remember how to write fun poems. This was incredibely fun to read. Good job.
PBP