Dear Dorothy's in Denial

Because poems with Wizard of Oz imagery aren't cliched at all

I get taken up

All too easily--

My windswept hair

And flighty personality.

I’m crushing now

Almost everyone--

Happens every time

That I come back down.

This tornado is

Twistin’ me up inside.

Oh-- someone please

Just wake me up this time.

Is it all a dream?

--Some say we’ll never know.

Technicolor scenes--

That someone else had wrote.

The rains pour on me till I melt away.

My brains a bag full of so much hay.

I’m a coward in sheep’s clothes cry--ing.

My heart ain’t ticking.  That’s just a clock that’s lying.

There’s no place like home!

Or so I’m told--

Unfortunately,

That’s the only place I have never known.

I’ve been clickin’ heels;

But I cannot see a change

Because the place I want,

It just isn’t real.

Reviews

[Joanna Maharis]

A beautiful narrative piece filled with such an array of color.

[Bexfinch]

You must mame the place yourself i like the way the mongols though ghengis khan believed you must first solve personal problems before going out and conquering the world

[Abby]

Dorothy had the power all along to go home.

[Coyote Poetry]

A powerful poem my Poet Friend. I left the country many times to find peace somewhere. I found many good places to rest. Funny part of the story. I live 20 miles from where I was born. Voices of grandparent called me home to return the gift of love and care. I loved this poem. You use the myth of Alice with great skill. No weakness in the outstanding poem.
Coyote

[Magdelena]

Wow!! 'The wizard of oz' How wonderfully taken as a spin throughout this piece.. You managed to use most all throughout, but what got to me the most was your sense of sadness written throughout. A movement with no where, no space of the writer for them to their own.. I read this twice and saw deep within.. Your last lines blew me away.. Such truth for many out there..
Very well done.....

Thank you for sharing

Mags xx