Nightmare

A dragon erupts from smoldering clouds targeting me;
but before its fiery breath engulfs me,
I'm awakened to a worse fate...
reality.

Reviews

[Invisible]

there's a bitter pill to swallow, but i suppose that's why life seems a tainted apple in our gardens of edan, great to look at, but horrible to experience.

[Cwortknee]

Well said.

[Invisible]

i worked hard on it lol

[Cwortknee]

It was poetic in itself. (:

[Invisible]

thanks.

[Krithika Raghavan]

A worse fate~ Ah, everyone takes refuge in dreams, don't they? I literally spend all my day dreaming..

[Cwortknee]

I don't blame you, I definitely do.

[Max Watt]

So image heavy and smoothly written. I can relate to this one a lot. Perhaps there's a lot to say about the narrator, perhaps the nightmare is symbolic of their life. Maybe I'm thinking too deeply about a poem I really admire and should just enjoy it.

*wrong form of "its"

[Cwortknee]

No, you would be correct in assuming so, but I over think things much too often myself.. Either way, thank you. Oh and thanks for the correction, I'll surely fix it.

[Patrick Henry]

I wonder what people would pick if given the choice of a dragon's stare in front of them or in the middle of a war zone!! : ) A dragon's fire always made me curious to wonder how that would feel. Maybe like a warm breeze for a nanosecond or maybe we would just see red and .....POOF!! Gone. lol I like your poem, Cwortknee. xoxo -Mark

That would be cool to have a setting on a microwave that is for "dragon"!! : )

[Cwortknee]

I would much prefer the dragon over a war zone. At least then I will have seen something magical. Probably, so. Thank you! I agree. haha

[kelvin]

dreams sometimes are reflections of issues we have in reality. good writing as always keep writing fellow writer

[Cwortknee]

Thanks so much!

[kelvin]

you are very welcome

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Even our intuition isn't full proof and even when it is we fail to listen... a very profound little write.

[Cwortknee]

Well said, and thank you!

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

My pleasure.

[Dr. Wood ?]

very clever this...I loved it

[Cwortknee]

Thank you so very much!

[Relic's Bare Trees]

In days like this, no truer words were spoken. Great point and poem.

[Cwortknee]

Thank you so much!

[Relic's Bare Trees]

:)

[Sid]

Cleverly done, waking up from a nightmare to reality, like the saying goes, "Out of the frying pan, into the fire", this rings true here...great work!!

[Cwortknee]

Thank you, and that saying fits perfectly.

[Jack Reaper]

very nicely done. a nightmare of a terrifying image only to awaken to something worse. quite deep really. loved it

[Cwortknee]

Thank you so much, I'm flattered.