riding dreams

It's something about

dreams I can't remember

when my mind rambles on

running through hidden rhythms

looking for something greener.

It's something about

meeting you there in the mists

in-between natural conversation

and forgotten memories.

Having known you

and lost you and found you,

I still grieve those vacant hours

always harder before the rain comes.

It's something about

the way you hold my hand--

I'm sure of it--even if,

I can't remember how it felt.

Reviews

[C. Harter Amos]

What a wonderful poet you are, and what an illusive, beautiful painting of someone you love inside a dream you've given us! "I still grieve those vacant hours always harder before the rain comes" very profound and almost a seperate thought from the rest of the poem, still so well written; my favorite lines of the poem. Maybe because the whole poem strummed my heart-strings. Beautifully done, Emily. xx - Mimi.

[Salvatore Buttaci]

That, next to Poe's "A Dream within a Dream," is the best dream poem I've ever read!

[Jibey]

Such memories are sweet and stir our longings for what has been and hopes for what might be again... You capture so well in simple words and constrained lines that feeling that becomes so much more intenses in the wet, refreshing rain...

[LJW]

Simple and profound, like love itself.

[SetApartGirl]

This is a beautiful poem done by a beautiful poet. Brava Emma!

[Andrew'sWonderland]

Absolutely Beautiful!! Great write!!

[Obsidian Blackbird McNi..]

you got me at "grieving vacant hours" ta-dah and cheers

[The Flawed]

I have read a lot of your poems today and I guess by know you know that I am a fan of your writing, so I won't say much except, I love the last few lines.
Well done.

[Belator Books]

A sweet piece with a full breadth of emotion, without going into the pitfall of over-statement. Nicely done.

[Poeticpiers]

A most wistful piece of writing Emily. free form does not do your thoughts justice IMHO

[aponijose]

Argh! I lost my comment!

Anyway, I wanted to say that I like the over-all structure of the piece - the circular motion of words that allows you to survey how much the attempt has changed you. I think that it also punctuates the ending pretty well. I also like the heart of it and how you didn't throw a net in trying to capture it. What I think you did is, you lured it to explain for itself. And that worked out well.