James Inman Poet Rhyme

As I Was Sleeping

As I was sleeping you came to me in a sad dream,
a sweet and gentle vision, 
like fragranced flowers floating on a breeze,
a dream of beauty beyond compare, 
a longing desire of a vision so fair.
a moment of reprieve from a life of lonely despair.

You spoke to me with words of comfort
that soothed the pain in my heart
and renewed the hope that left me so long ago,
as if you allowed me your strength to borrow,
as if you knew my endless sorrow,
as if your caress could sooth my tomorrow.

With soft spoken words you filled my vision 
and let me see your deepest secrets
of a melancholy life, left bitter and cold,
by memories of anguish and moments you've suffered,
by memories and nightmares of loss that you've smothered,
by memories of scars that you choose to leave covered.

You've shown me your life as we spoke, you and I,
in words and letters of your beautiful strife
through all of the pain you have suffered in your life
and now I have become but a part of your heartache
and now you laugh as you watch my poor heart break
and now my soul's left empty, as from my dream I ...slowly ...sadly,  awake.

As now I rouse from this sad beautiful allusion
I see you walk away and
with pain filled sorrow I can't but wonder 
I don't know why, as you look in my eyes, only you, my soul, can mend
I don't know how you've vanish from my vision, my special friend,
I don't understand why this dream had to end.


09/22/2024

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Paghunda Zahid August 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM Very well penned. I hope you find peace every day. You are a brilliant poet. Stay blessed buddy James Inman August 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM Thank you for the visit and the kind words Paghunda. I wish you well.

FJ Thomas February 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM Some do not understand that another could never fill an emptiness such as this. It is only that one ...the one who gave so much love... who caused so much devastation. Such sadness James. Well written! James Inman February 25, 2025 at 5:17 AM Hi, nice to hear from you. It always amazes me how with such few truly intimate and caring relationships we have in our lives, they seem to dissolve into nothingness, especially after years of trying so hard to make things work. Perhaps its the trying that finally breaks you and then you become the problem, at least in my case. Thank you.

Kim James January 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM Hi James thank you for these words, these thoughts, these images. I lost my wife unexpectedly in October and I recognise the pain of losing and the ache of remembering. Hugs James Inman January 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM There can never be a greater pain than the loss of someone you love. I feel sorrow for your heartache. My pain feels somehow minor compared to yours. My wife just left me.