Switching Cameras
Some nights my dreams play like movies
I am cast in many roles
At any moment the dream can repeatĀ
A glitch?
Or just a change of camera?
A new perspective to explore
The show must go onĀ
But who am I entertaining?
Wednesday 18th September 2024 7:07 pm
Unremembered
There are more unremembered dreamsĀ
Then I could possibly care to say
We spend half our lives in sleep
Dreams are the organizational tools of our sleeping minds
The scratch pad we use to make sense of the worldĀ
Where fleeting glimpses of dreams remain
A lingering familiarity,
A half-formed dream
Picked up on some other night
They linger on the cusp of consciousnessĀ
Teasing ...
Wednesday 18th September 2024 7:02 pm
Antique Shop
It was a maze, a winding path of curios
Mirrors and racks of clothesĀ
Books and JewelryĀ
Furniture in various states of disrepair
Glass and China
Silver and Records
And plants
So many plants
Ivy creeping up the walls
Curios shelved on great tree rootsĀ
Flowers of all sorts growing out of the wallpaper and paintings
This dream is a quiet one
Spent wandering, looking, touching, and inves...
Saturday 7th September 2024 4:29 pm
The Performance?
What to say about it?
That it went off without a hitch, we all know thatās not true
I couldnāt find my tutu
Then I couldnāt find my slippers
The worst?
I donāt think I ever practiced
I have never even seen this place beforeā¦
That's a lie.
I see the dormitories I slept in, what was it months ago?
But thatās how it happens some dreams are just connected.
Now the curtain...
Saturday 7th September 2024 4:27 pm
Area 51
This is a doozy, one of my more crazy dreams
Reese Witherspoon and I flying down Route 66
Singing at the tops of our lungs to Cardi B
Picking up hitchhikers, because nothing bad ever happens when you do that
Dropping them off as we go
Jack Black has been in the back seat three times now
Heās looked like George Clooney once
has worn an outrageous fake orange mustache another t...
Monday 1st July 2024 12:10 am
They Emerge
They emerge, the people, from the mists
Shadows skulking in the pre-dawn half-light
Creeping through the crisp fresh airĀ
Chasing the bright, cold lights of the train station.
They come, the trains, behemoths of marvel
Swaying on the steel track
Heralded by the ding of the announcement
The strange voice of a not-man
These are not that circling train that loops the city
...
Monday 1st July 2024 12:02 am
Ballet School
A shame, we had to go, the view was lovely
The room was filthy, in a way that hotels never are in the waking world
The group is large, with friends that I know well
But the day has been long and we all need to sleep
No room at the inn
So on we go
Dream Logic
Follow the cobblestones
Donāt get on the train, it's not safe
A breath at a small cafe, outdoor tables
Raised ...
Sunday 30th June 2024 11:53 pm
Junk Dreams
In dreams, places that Iām not supposed to be are filthy and stay that way
If Iām meant to be there, the way to clean will appear
And Iāll clean
A way to unclutter the junk
There are brooms and mops
Scrub brushes and gloves
Rags and pine-scented cleaner
Lemons and vinegar
Baking Soda, Salt, and Water
Buckets and Furniture polish
I wash and clean
Scrub with bubb...
Saturday 22nd June 2024 7:27 pm
The Ship
Itās a Hell ship
The Inquisition has made this place their home
Careful youāll be accused
No one seems to know of what, just accused
Pick your Poison
They have it all, even poison.
Unless it's quick, there is no quick here.
Donāt linger, move
Donāt look too long
The Iron Maiden squeezing shut
Two men are becoming stew
Donāt look!
How did I end up here?
Look...
Saturday 22nd June 2024 7:13 pm
Chainsaw Bridge
There is a bridge in my strange cityĀ
Ships need to pass
So up it goes.
A normal bridge until it pulls back, revealing its teethĀ
Whoa to the walker, find a groove
A notchĀ
Or else you'll fall as up it goes
Hang on tight as it starts to spinĀ
Carnival lights and the revving startsĀ
Your notch isn't safe, hold tight as it flips and spinsĀ
Up in the air spinning, whirli...
Friday 7th June 2024 8:41 pm
The Train
It circles the city, looping in endless Ouroboros
The train does not pass through
People ride in unending loopsĀ
How they came to be on this strange train is unknown
They exist here without reasonĀ
There are no signs to say where you areĀ
No way of knowing if your stop is next
Not until you're at the platform if you miss it, count
Try not to miss it again
The rule: take ...
Friday 7th June 2024 8:31 pm
Strange City
It's a Strange City, reoccurring in my dreamsĀ
I appear in different placesĀ
At different times
I always recognize itĀ
I look out and see where I have been
It exists only in my dreams, filled with people and no one
They are facelessĀ
Sometimes they are manikins
I can see it when I close my eyes.
The House doesn't exist in the cityĀ
The City changes as I move through i...
Thursday 6th June 2024 6:44 pm
Dogs and You Know Tornados
Dogs and TornadosĀ
But not dogs in tornadosĀ
Nor tornados made of dogsĀ
Nor dogs pretending to be tornados
Nor even tornados masquerading as dogs
Just a dream, a strange dream of Dogs that includes Tornados
Before, when I've dreamed of DogsĀ
There would be The House pretending to be a lake house
The Dogs would snarl and bite
I was never able to scream
In this the Hous...
Saturday 1st June 2024 8:35 pm
Red Clay
My dreams have been strangeĀ
Leaping rivers give way to slick clay- red and thick
I wash and wash until I melt away
In that house, I wander, opening new doors and exploring rooms
Rooms stacked high with towers of books
My bed rest high above my head
Balanced on the book towers, so I climb
Reaching the top my bed is gone
It doesn't matter, I'm not tiredĀ
I leap cloud to c...
Friday 31st May 2024 1:19 am
The House
It's a house of many rooms
When it first appeared it was haunted
Ripped curtains, torn upholstery, and filth
The house only had a few rooms open, the others with doors locked solid
I drove the ghosts out, even as they claimed to be familyĀ
Nightmares never last
A childhood holdover to refuse creepy dreams
Semblance of Lucidity
I know when I am Dreaming... sometimes
The h...
Thursday 30th May 2024 6:03 pm
Tents in the Desert
The pounding of the rain woke me
As sure as coffeeĀ
It woke meĀ
I dreamt of crashing waves that night
Howling winds of desert sands, thirsty for nature's elixir
I dreamt of tents cast in bronze and raw silkĀ
The howling winds straining at the ropes
The smell of rain on dry sandĀ
The clouds racing the moonĀ
The pounding of the rain on the window woke meĀ
Starting me fr...
Sunday 26th May 2024 5:15 pm
Falling- Perfect Blue
I dreamt of Falling - once
I faced the sky and not the ground
coming into the dream midfall
Air rushing around me, only blue surrounding meĀ
Not as water does, but the air like silkĀ
Battering and howling past myself and the cold blue sky.
I fell forever, stomach cartwheeling
feet to throat to feet again
Until I wasn't ...
The metal crumpled like paper, buckling from imp...
Saturday 25th May 2024 6:58 pm
Invocation of the Watcher
Penemue
Fallen Angel of the written word, speak to me my doom.
You who taught man to put chisel to stone, ink to page.
Speak to me, teach me to better my craft.
I could call to Calliope and Melpomene of that Greek fame
To make my words flow as Nectar and Ambrosia and Ichor
To feed and bleed the Gods in their sleeping templesĀ
Now quiet as ages pass
I'd rather you,Ā
Deare...
Saturday 25th May 2024 6:38 pm
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