"Once Upon A Time..."

"Once Upon A Time..."

A Poem by Chris
"

Catch a breath

"

“Once Upon A Time…”

 

There was this dream…

 

The kind many wish they had

they held

or lived

or survived

or remembered in their night(s) mares.

 

A simple lil thing.

A momentary thing.

A caught within - ‘tween two breaths instant,

A thousand yard stare

…fixed…

 just behind your eyes -

Gazing into…

that bin holding all the life-shattered glass

Menagerie you ever treasured…

Yeah, that ONE!...right there…

 

And god I cried.

 

Chris

© 2020 Chris


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This is a great subject for me, as I find myself getting older with pressing priorities breathing down my neck. Sure, I'm middle aged, but I do have dreams. They pretty much stay stifled, as I don't think about them, so seeing your work here is a good reminder. Why didn't I at least dream a little? Neat poem! Granted, I'll never understand it the way you do.

Posted 3 Years Ago


A moment in life where u feel like what to do and what not to where everything comes in just in a second and then fades away and again comes back in our memories.....where we cry the tears of happiness and she'd the burden carrying for decades... A great mixture of emotions!!

Posted 3 Years Ago


Chris

3 Years Ago

Hi, welcome to my world. Won't you come on in?

Chris
Aradhana

3 Years Ago

I will definitely!! It would be my pleasure sir!! ☺️☺️
Peeling back the lense allows visions beyond average comprehension. I feel like I'm free-falling into the anxiety before the trip starts. Man, I like it. A most enjoyable read.

Posted 3 Years Ago


Chris

3 Years Ago

Welcome and thanks for pausing... come by anytime and always speak your mind. Chris
Treasured or not, it's poignant ..

Posted 3 Years Ago


Chris

3 Years Ago

I found it to be quite ...true.
I love the emotion
within this lovely
piece ..a potpourri
mixture of intense
feelings come
flooding through

And god I cried!
sums it all up so
nicely..

well done..





Posted 3 Years Ago


Dreams are they the path to tomorrow or the shadows of yesterday? A little of both, if we are honest.

Posted 3 Years Ago


' And god I cried.'

And thinking back, looking back into.. the tears still fall .. ..

There is that one special second when you want to gasp, weep, laugh, thank the all around.. because it give an unexpected feeling of YES! It's something inexplicable, it's something mystical and more.. can never be repeated.. and - never will fade. Perhaps?

You made me think back.. and, I did. Thank you so very much.

Posted 3 Years Ago


Chris

3 Years Ago

sometimes the "back" IS all we have, isn't it...
emmajoy

3 Years Ago

It is, and, so much happier, calmer, more beautiful than whatever other decade or.. The past has mu.. read more
I liked how you used lil, bin, 'tween, to get the attention back. The images wasn't that much guiding, but I remembered such dreams of mine.
Opening was perfect. And I liked that 'th' and 't' alliteration, including that short 'thin'. You were building up nicely, but the reveal wasn't exploring a lot, I could use the writer to guide me more.

Posted 3 Years Ago



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Lansing, MI



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