Words of a Writer~The dreamers

Another day filled

 with plastic smiles,

empty promises,

and broken down dreams.

 

People going through the motions.

Hello, how are you?

Never really listening as they rush right past.

Hurry up, get ready.

Fall into bed, another day done.

Get up and doing it over again.

 

The plastic people with thier plastic smiles,

Pretending all is well,

Caught in a trap, they can't get out of.

Easier to pretend life is good,

rather than really make it happen.

Thier dreams never come true,

because they do not believe

in fairy tales and happy endings.

 

 The dreamers,

 never give up hope.

Some of us are gypsies

searching for home,

writers, dancers, musicians,painters,

 comics and clowns.

 

We walk across a high wire,

knowing that chances are,

 one of the days

 we are going to fall.

 

We stand way too close to the fire,

knowing we could get burnt.

We push the envelope,

and live on the edge.

Chasing our dreams,

Taking time to live in the moment.

 

The dreamers know what living life is about.

We dance on white sand beaches,

in the glow of the moonlight,

 on a perfect summer night.

We spread a blanket in the grassy meadows,

Just to stare at the stars at night.

 

With lyrics written on a scrap of paper,

A song running through our mind,

We take the everyday life,

and make it beautiful.

 

We sing a solo song.

Knowing all the other dreamers,

will hear our words and be singing along.

 

With hope in our pocket,

A smile on our face,

We write.

 

We dream of fairy tales and

happy endings.

All our failures and heartbreaks,

set free in the wind.

We get up each day and begin again.

 

A new day, another chance,

to turn it all around.

With hopes that one of the days,

The plastic people will read our words,

sing along to our songs,

 finding peace and comfort,

in the words of a writer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Daryl]

I love this one, Victoria.

It's so easy to lose our dreams, in a world full of people trying to wake us dreamers up and put us in the same trap they can't escape. Maybe we dreamers need to band together, give each other strength. Your poem's helped do that for me.

[Swift Cynicism]

There are a lot of plastic people walking among us. I live in New York, so I should know. This was an interesting piece � good use of contrasting images. I enjoyed it.

[Lydia Shutter]

"Easier to pretend life is good,
rather than really make it happen.
Thier dreams never come true, (thier should be their)
because they do not believe
in fairy tales and happy endings."


This was my favorite part of the poem. We all can make life better...or at least believe it CAN be better. Living the facade of happiness is an empty sullen life. This is a wonderful poem, Victoria! Lydia

[Lydia Shutter]

"Easier to pretend life is good,
rather than really make it happen.
Thier dreams never come true, (thier should be their)
because they do not believe
in fairy tales and happy endings."


This was my favorite part of the poem. We all can make life better...or at least believe it CAN be better. Living the facade of happiness is an empty sullen life. This is a wonderful poem, Victoria! Lydia

[Angelheaded Hipster]

I don't think that there is anything with the draft I see here....I like the contrasting images..and yes...plastic people...I see them everywhere, and I almost feel sad for them.
If they only knew what they were missing out on!

[Brette Medb]

I really liked this a lot! It is so true that writers try to make hope of the plastic world we live in... great sentemants and great write.

brette

[BrightEyes]

what a fantastic tribute to artists of all kinds everywhere! It is the dreamers that keep the world spinning...there are no happy endings without the dreams of imaginative minds! wonderful job!


laura

[Natasha]

I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

This is a beautiful poem, Victoria.. so well you described so many of us.. i think being a dreamer is the best thing in the world ..this poem shows this to be true.. loved your first draft, the second should be super awesome..

Chloe
xoxo

Thank you for a kind review.:)

[Julian]

Really enjoyed this piece although i think there is a finer line between "dreamer" and "plastic" than we like to think or admit. I think dreamers can easily slip into a little plastic and the plastics sometimes break free into dream world! I think "we" are also capable of being both at the same time and on different issues. The never ending see saw of trauma and tragedy and how we react to it often moulds who we become.
I didnt intend this review to be so "deep" lol but your writing was very thought provoking. Thanks for exercising my brain!! Julian:)