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A Different Dream

Tell me, O Priestess, your prophesies - The things that are to be. The wars, the death and the disease Tell all of it to me. The wisdom of the sages - Their words crash against my ears A cacophony of Ages - Patriarchal all these years. Throw me, O Priestess, your pearls - The rays of light that yet may gleam - The life those rays will then unfurl; Take me to different dream.

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Martina Barnard

Date: 3/18/2018 4:12:00 PM

my poem is a commentary on this world and the patriarchal system I'm so tired of. Take me to a different dream is like "beam me up Scotty, get me outta here" in meaning...I want to see something better than we have.

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 3/16/2018 8:43:00 PM

I find this poem a bit too deep for me. Meaning i do not understant your poem.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 3/19/2018 12:06:00 PM

You know what Martina,I would like it to be a peaceful world for everyone. I wonder if that is possible. Do you think so?

Martina Barnard
Date: 3/18/2018 4:23:00 PM

Thank you for reading my poem and your comment. It is kind of deep, you are right...I meant it to be a little cryptic, like in Imagist poetry, but put simply means I can see all the evil in this world and unnecessary suffering and want to see an end to it. I want to see a better world than we have now. I'm personally tired of the Patriarchal attitudes in governments, religions, and in people. Take me to a different dream means - show me a better world or place; like "beam me up Scotty" I'm done here. But that is Idealism I guess...that's the fun of poetry, I can dream of ideal situations if I cannot live them right now.