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A Dream Within Reality

It's only a dream
sweet and sensuous
delectably delicious
tantalizing and tempting to the taste
oh, to indulge in opulence
to revel and feel
the surreal
but...
it's only a dream

Only a dream within reality
such luxuriant love
is what legends are made of
embellished every one
exaggerated expression
but legends languish
in the ordinary 
no, it can't be real
it's only a dream

But I can dream.

Eileen Manassian

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Timothy Hicks

Date: 10/17/2014 12:29:00 AM

You nailed it with that last line! Aren't dreams just realities-in-the-making? I love your use of alliteration in this one... gosh... can't believe I've been missing out on all these writes for a year now :(

Jslambert Mister Roboto

Date: 9/5/2014 11:35:00 PM

(Just to explain) You wrote about how few of your older poems get read...SO after seeing that, I went into my old stash of typed poems and reposted that, bc none of the newer Soupers had read it. (newer meaning 2012 and on, or so) So thanks for the inspiration to do that!. TAKE care!

Jslambert Mister Roboto

Date: 9/5/2014 11:32:00 PM

DREAMS are my favorite subject to write about! Your poem reminds me of one of my top 5 writers of all time Maynard James Keenan! That is high praise of HIGH PRAISE Sister! I keep a steno next to my bed and write my dreams as fast as I can, until I can't hold my pee any longer, EVERY morning. You wanna talk about some weird writing!!! CRAZY! YEs Eileen, You CAN DREAM!~ Hey, your comment on my poem was uplifting! I posted that poem bc of something I read in a recent poem by you.

Lucilla Carrillo

Date: 9/5/2014 11:03:00 AM

Yes - you can dream. Dreams are sometimes sweet. I sometimes dream while I'm awake. Thanks for sharing and have a blessed day... Lucy

Poet Tacito

Date: 9/5/2014 10:05:00 AM

Embrace those dreams. Embrace the opulence of tomorrow's end result. Excellent.

Justin Bordner

Date: 9/5/2014 2:51:00 AM

Dream, dream to sing in Love's uprising, savor the dream on handsome wing Eileen...J.A.B.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/5/2014 8:30:00 AM

Dreams are the sweetest things. When life is hard and days are long, when feeling that you don't belong, when stolen is your joyful song ...DREAM! :) See, that just came out of me as I was typing this post. You inspire me! Hugs

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 9/5/2014 1:34:00 AM

Dear Eileen, we seem to spend many of our waking hours trying to turn the dreams you describe so well into reality. An extraordinary poem. Love and blessings, Carolyn

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/5/2014 8:28:00 AM

Carolyn for you to call this piece extraordinary is high praise indeed. I'm touched. Thanks for the visit.

Ma Yaseen

Date: 9/5/2014 1:07:00 AM

But I can dream. Pretty job done dear Eileen... I read it thrice, keep going. Stay blessed

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/5/2014 8:27:00 AM

Thanks ever so much, Malik. Good to have a visit from you.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/4/2014 11:16:00 PM

this is so DREAMY. It flowed really well and the ending is really nice. that is the hopeless romantic in you: but I can dream. Love it!!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/4/2014 11:17:00 PM

Andrea....you bring me smiles! :) Thanks ever so much! HUGS!

A.E. Rivenbark

Date: 9/4/2014 9:21:00 PM

I love the way this flows, a gorgeous write. Love the alliteration!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/4/2014 11:18:00 PM

A.E. good to have you visit. Thanks for this lovely comment.

Dr. Upma A. Sharma

Date: 9/4/2014 11:41:00 AM

Dreaming is a sign of life n very healthy my dear friend Eileen! N u hv evoked hope wid ur golden words ! Great write!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/4/2014 1:34:00 PM

Thank you, my dear sweet Dr Upma! Love your support. Hugs

Tim Ryerson

Date: 9/4/2014 11:30:00 AM

Dream on pretty lady but your are only allowed to dream on if I am in it (May I be your legend?) I have watched you for quite a while now Eileen and your poetry is growing by leaps and bounds and this a perfect example...

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/4/2014 1:36:00 PM

Oh....Pretty Lady! Me Likes!!! So where shall we meet up in the dream, Mr Legend? Thanks, Tim, for saying that you like my writing and that it has improved. Means so much to me. :) HUGS

Kabuteng P.Ink K.

Date: 9/4/2014 10:53:00 AM

Again, thank you for what you said about my poems, I am happy you enjoyed them that much, am all smiles still! You are brilliant with how you put your heart in your words, and I also enjoy reading your poems, dreaming with you on this one. Sorry though if I'm not able to read and comment as much on your writes. I have really been curbing my activities here for some time now although yup, that's been out the window lately, oops!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/4/2014 1:37:00 PM

NIKKO! You have to keep writing. Really...surely there must be something that can take a back seat to this. How could you let such passion go? I'm going to be a nag. Ok Ok...will be away for two weeks, but when I come back. I would to read two NEW poems by you. A poem a week! Not bad!

Kabuteng P.Ink K.

Date: 9/4/2014 10:49:00 AM

Hmm, oftentimes, I feel like I am dreaming within this reality, hard to explain, I was even talking about this with my sister the other day. I think it's important that we have these dreams in our lives, and right on about your last line, very good way to end this poem. See? Even with this one, the sensuous side of you comes out! Yup, since we're dreaming, why not make it sweet and sensuous! Btw, I could be wrong, but I think there's a missing r in surreal.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/4/2014 1:39:00 PM

Poe would KILL me for switching his dream within a dream thing. I love that guy! Nikko, thank you for this sweet post. Everything for me is romance and sensuality! I know...too much! I guess I'm wired funny! Thanks for checking out the spelling mistake. Love you for it. Please...stop talking to your sis and start writing!!! ;) Hugs

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 9/4/2014 9:33:00 AM

Without dreams ,life would be an endless journey on an infinite scourging desert without ever finding an oasis to rest for to carry on your voyage! So, keep dreaming, my dearest poetess Eileen, in that way you beautify life! A dream of a writing!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/4/2014 1:41:00 PM

Yes, my dear poet!!! An oasis is a lovely place to rest, is it not? A dream oasis...with fresh water and dates to eat! ;) Your post is a dream of a post for me. Efkharisto...filakia poli!

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 9/4/2014 9:30:00 AM

Dreams do come true, never stop dreaming. I know you will never settle on ordinary. Each poem you write builds on a new reality.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/4/2014 2:16:00 PM

Thanks every so much, Richard. My greatest dream? To have a book of my poetry published. :) Oh...to die and have that done! Oh! I can dream!!! Hugs

Nette Onclaud

Date: 9/4/2014 9:27:00 AM

such a sumptuous write making me downright dreamy... simply beautiful!.. huggs

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/4/2014 2:17:00 PM

Oh! Thanks, my dear Nette! I'm glad you liked this. I'm a hopeless romantic! My head in the clouds!

J. R. Corbin

Date: 9/4/2014 9:08:00 AM

I love it when I wake up from a really good dream, then fall back to sleep and it continues. Of course, that can also work with really bad ones. Your imagery is dreamy, sweetie. Excellent! Jim

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/4/2014 2:18:00 PM

AWWWWW...Thanks, JR! Some dreams...you just don't want to wake up from. Getting back into a dream that is good is awesome...as was this visit!