Dream Rider

I know you’re there, just out of sight, 
There among the black far-reaches
Like a rider of dreams in the night
Searching for reason that impeaches. 

You have left behind no traces
Of where you’ve gone or maybe sent.
Your journey seeks familiar faces
Yet posed in unfamiliar bent. 

And reasons, they are vaguely veiled
While cognizance won’t clarify. 
And rationale is un-detailed
While reaching does but rarify. 

Oh, where does purpose hide its grail,
There in the crevice of a mind -
For wont of quests that do not fail
In hopes of dreams that are not blind?

I call you not, you’re back unpacked,
A door of no return passed through -
Rejoined with logic’s wakeful tact 
And much to share betwixt the two.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Hind Avatar
January 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The end is really great, Robert. I love the subject matter, as well.
Waltrip Avatar
January 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Thank you, Paige!
Bartley Avatar
December 31, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Fantastic wording got me all fixated. Well done and Happy New Year.
Waltrip Avatar
January 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Thanks, Benjamin!
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