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I Cannot Chase Dreams

hypnopompic hues multifaceted jewels confetti luminaries a gift from mother? i’m cosseted in its incalescence its wind chime colors my mind’s fixed upon rubies, sapphires, emeralds even if i fall into somnambulant sleep i cannot chase dreams chimerical blooms cut gems of rain-and-moon-bows that unfurl as i awake 1/17/2022

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Maurice Rigoler

Date: 1/22/2022 8:59:00 AM

Love the vocabulary in this Choka, Kim. hypnopompic, incalescence (new word for me), somnambulant! I've had a life long curiosity and interest in dreams. I find them both pleasant and surreal. What really wows me about them is where in the brain do they reside and what triggers them as dreams? / Maurice

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 1/22/2022 9:39:00 AM

I was waking up and I saw jeweled confetti falling from the ceiling. I thought of my mom who died in April. I looked this up…they label it as a waking up hallucination. It lasted a second or two. I am not aware of any dream I might have been having. It was a quick afternoon nap. Crazy, huh? Thank you for you comment. I appreciate you, Maurice!

Anitha Jayasankar

Date: 1/18/2022 8:08:00 AM

Yes, we can never chase a dream...sometimes my dreams are so soothing, sometimes they are a mishmash of so many things...Loved reading this Kim..."somnambulant sleep" reminded me of Macbeth...Hugs...~ Ani

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 1/22/2022 9:40:00 AM

Thank you for you comment. Love that you thought of Macbeth! ~ hugs