Only a Dream

As she walks nigh.
Shawl flux like waves.
Strides, rhythmic in grace.
Strands of black silk teeming from her head.
Bronze statue,
Then creamy ceramic, that explodes with life.
I breathe, what breath.
It's gone.
Cognition lost.
Speech stifle.
Reaching to touch,
But her eyes still me like salt.
Dreaming, only a dream.
I wake.
She dissipates.
Another drink to sleep.
Please, I beseech thee sleep.
Then she appears.
Allow me to abide here.
Never again to let the windows open,
For the noise is too much,
And the lady's gone.
If my slumber is cessation,
There upon solace.
To behold her fetching smile.
I inhale her aroma.
The sweet moisture of her kiss.
I know I've returned,
For reality can't create her.
Dreaming, only a dream.
I wake.
She dissipates.
Another drink to sleep.
Please, I beseech thee sleep.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015


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Date: 1/10/2015 9:44:00 PM
Kenneth,, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun in this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST in hopes it inspires you in some way. I will enjoy following you and your poetry:) This is a great way to start the New Year. Lucky Us, To Have you. Enjoy 2015, with New Poet Friends! @-> LINDA <-@
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Date: 1/9/2015 7:52:00 PM
Awesome lines! write on!
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Date: 1/7/2015 2:05:00 PM
- Welcome to P - Soup, Kenneth ! - A great dream poem - without dreams in life ..... life would be sad - Hope you will post more poems in the new year - // Anne-Lise (Norway :)
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Date: 1/7/2015 1:35:00 PM
Kenneth, dreams, are sometimes very pleasing.Wonderful write 7
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