Best Recovery From...Dream Poems
The days have passed as if within
a dream I have been living
now I wake into the sun
new life its rays are giving.
Yet I fear to touch reality
for it may slip away
and draw me back into this dream
that turns my world to gray.
Lost within this dream alone
pain feeds upon my mind
and with its shadows in my eyes
to color I am blind.
But once again the day dawns new
and draws me to its light
where I won't have to walk alone
and colors fill my sight.
So I'll hold fast to all I've gained
to end this weary dream
I'll venture into life again
and flow on with the stream.
Written 1985
during a hospitalization for depression
I'm held hostage to a dream
A dream of what could be
A dream of you and me
and love's eternity
I'm held hostage to a dream
A dream that you can change
that fate can rearrange
our dommed reality
I'm held hostage to a dream
A dream that passion's kiss
Will heal what is amiss
Renew affinity
I'm held hostage to a dream
A dream of prefect peace
Of wounded pride's release
Regained vitality
I'm held hostage to a dream
A dream of lasting love
What hopes are all made of
A sweet comraderie
This hostage must break free
I've finally come to see
To rewrite destiny
My savior I must be
Post Script...
I'm a hostage who's found release
Please, don't come looking for me.
Eileen Manassian