Trapped in My Dream

Lately I have been trapped
Deep within my own mind
Memories dancing about
Frolicking like faeries

Shifting from one moment
The cavorting to the next
Visions playing old games
Time becomes a bit hazy

The past bathed in desire
Punch-drunk on our romance
Crazed with ardent flavor
Twirling like pixies

Your sweet melody plays
An escape into our love
A fantasy that waits
Patiently to be relived

It comforts the beating heart
Yet arouses the soul
Leaving a sharp emptiness
As our story takes hold

Into the rabbit hole
Blindly diving heart first
Saturating the calm spirit
Reviving awaiting dreams

Longing for physical touch
Pleading to be held tightly
Aching for the peace found
Within your warm embrace

Breathing in your essence
As your scent surrounds me
Convincing me this is real
That my fairytale awaits

Adrift in this obscure plane
Mesmerized by fiction
With an ensnaring trance
Enveloping with fire

Vanishing into bliss
Consumed by your love
Locked in your arms I stay
Until dawn cast out the night

Reviews

[sedulous_mind]

Nice work! Sometimes it's nice to immerse yourself in dreams, to block out reality and just feel good and secure, even if it's only for one night and the dream fades just as quickly as we open our eyes. How nice it would be when we could just close our eyes again and continue our dreams endlessly.

[Poetic Beauty]

Dreams are amazing things. Mysterious and transporting

[Betty Hermelee]

Dancing memories in a dreamy state, memories of past romance, longing for physical touch, is this real? Or imagined? Memories of romantic trysts.
Nice! Best, Betty

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you. I have many memories and many dreams. Beautiful raw and loving.

[Mauricio Montoya]

trapped in my dream, i have these dreams where the characters never change but the dream does it weird, its like a puzzle that i cant solve. thank you for sharing.

[Poetic Beauty]

I have dreams of places I’ve not been but they are accurate in description. They most often revolve around one person. I’ve dreamt of life changing events i his life when we were talking and I would send messages and tell him about the dream and the event did happen.

Most recently I’ve had a reoccurring dream that I move where he is. I can change my dreams but in this one i can change some actions but not the house or going for tacos lol

[Mauricio Montoya]

wow dreams are a trip no pun intended, lol

[Poetic Beauty]

They definitely are and while I don’t always understand why I have these dreams I have learned to accept them and listen over the years

[syndi]

I really love your choice of words, truly captivating throughout. I am such a big fan of personification, so your line 'the past bathed in desire" left an effect on me. The back and forth between the tragic-like eeriness of a lost memory to the longing of it was beautiful. I really enjoyed this!

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you. I wrote this from one of many dreams I have of him.

[John the Baptist]

The speaker is experiencing loneliness and a sense of loss of love. An old memory provides comfort, but as the last lines tell us, that dream vanishes with the day. The past can either help or hinder us, but it is still the past and lives no longer. Getting trapped there can rob one of life.

[Poetic Beauty]

The dream gives comfort and is an escape for a little while.

[barleygirl]

I'm afraid I have to recommend that this narrator stay in her dream becuz it sounds a helluva lot better than life on earth, here with humans. The first half of your poem, I was reading this as ambivalence about whether this narrator was "all in" with whatever is haunting her fuzzy back-consciousness. But then in the next half, it seems this narrator suddenly goes all in & she's preferring this fantasy to anything that can be found on earth among fallible humans *wink! wink!* Fondly, Margie

[Poetic Beauty]

It’s a beautiful dream of memories from long ago and sometimes he visits my dreams in the now and wraps his arms around me. On those nights I sleep better. He’s always been my peace and comfort in a person. Strange

[barleygirl]

That's very cool!

[Einstein Noodle]

"faeries" ..now that's the way it's spelled!! ;) lots of invigorating, romantic lines .. the breathing in of essence ... the aching need for human touch .. there really is true love Virginia ;) great read .. revived old memories ... walk n talk on a warm summer night .. stop for a sit down in the park .. i remember her .. and that young man as well .. thanks for sharing ..

[Poetic Beauty]

I like the English spelling of faeries better than the American version even thought I live in the USA. It’s more romantic in looks lol

Nothing better than a Midnight rendezvous in my dreams.

[Einstein Noodle]

i agree! ...on both accounts :)))))))))))))))))))

[Pryde Foltz]

This is VERY good, Beauty, Your word choice is elevated but accessible. It sits pleasing on the page and you offer just the right amount of poetic narrative. Huzzah:)

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you for your kind word. It’s one of my favorite times in my life to drift into

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Such a romantic piece of writing...makes me think of Leo Sayer---"you make me feel like dancing...gonna dance the night away---"
I used to dance...and I remember some of those long nights that were always too short.
j.

[Poetic Beauty]

We use to go see local heavy metal bands together and the nights always seemed to short. Forever this one shall be the keeper of my heart.

[Chris Shaw]

A beautiful poem of longing PB. Oh to be in the arms of love's embrace. No finer place to be. Pulls on the heart strings. All good wishes.

Chris

[Poetic Beauty]

Yes and while I have dated other people and had a very long 8 year relationship nothing feels the same as him.