A Hundred Thousand Dreams

Each night 
you dream 
in fours or fives
or more-- 
hundreds of dreams a month,
thousands of dreams a year... 
yet you think you've dreamt 
only a few, and can scarcely 
remember those--
where then are 
those unknown dreams?

Are they hiding?  
Hiding in a special place 
within your unconscious, 
that vast part of mind
lying iceberg-like 
'neath the waves
of the knowing world? 
Are those dreams
that came alive only 
in the dark side of
your mind still there, 
waiting patiently
to be known, known 
by your sleeping soul
when it awakens 
in the real world?

I have lived long enough 
to have made over 100,000 
of these little home movies--
will I ever get to see them again?

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014



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Date: 1/21/2018 10:22:00 PM
Congratulations L.J.
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L. J. Carber
Date: 1/22/2018 8:29:00 AM
Thanks, Charlie
Date: 1/21/2018 9:23:00 PM
Lovely poem. I loved it. Congrats on your well deserved win, L.J.
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L. J. Carber
Date: 1/22/2018 8:28:00 AM
Thank you LG, I'm glad you liked it.
Date: 1/21/2018 7:24:00 PM
Your WINNING poem effectively addresses the true mystery of dreams. No one fully understands dreams. Janice
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Date: 1/22/2018 8:28:00 AM
Thanks, Janice-- sometimes I think dreams are 'teases'-- they certainly show we are all far more imaginative than we realize.
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