(“Peyote Dreams”, 2018, original encaustic)
The Dreamworld
I admit it
My preference is for the dreamworld
Over the waking one.
And that’s not to dis those
Who are near and dear to me in waking life.
Waking life is great,
It’s just the dream world is better,
More intense, amplified and quite frankly
Filled with more interesting beings.
Why is that?
Well, I’m pretty sure it has nothing to do with me.
I am after all merely a receiver who receives,
And what I receive is the world of dreams,
Vast, inconceivably vast, timely and timeless
Magical, mundane, mine and mineless.
(8/27/25)
The premise behind this poem, What does cloud 9 mean?
A state of bliss, elation or happiness
cloud nine (uncountable) (idiomatic) Often in the phrase on cloud nine: a state of bliss, elation or happiness. quotations ? He was on cloud nine for days after she agreed to marry him.
I wonder whats on cloud nine
I wonder what its like up on cloud nine,
Would the weather up there be fine,
Would the storm in my head clear,
Would it free me of all my anxiety and fear,
I wonder what it would be like up on cloud nine,
Would it just cross over country borderlines,
Or would it take me up into the sky,
Would it take me to a city in clouds up high
A city ive only ever imagine in your minds eye,
A place of peace a place where life is beautified
That's free of impurities and the evils of our world,
A place I could only dream of, I guess it is a Dreamworld,
Oh how I wonder what it would be like on cloud nine
Would the weather up there be fine,
Would the storm in my head clear,
Would it free me of all my anxiety and fear,
Gentlest souls, promising grace will always win
Even through the shadows, there comes an inkling
Coloring hopes with feelings, blessed by the light
Softly whispering through the loosened darkness
Known by a promise to the kindest of hearts
Dream big as well they say,
But each travel through life is never the same,
Sacrifice like a pagan to get your way,
A dollar in the coffin like buddhist have to save,
They do but it's always inside,
A perfect example of someone with a life,
The less you have the more odds you get,
But in my opinion wants lose the bet,
Imagine a life completely free,
Necessity here's a Coke on me.
In the forest of my dreams
I see you
You are a candle that gleams
My love true
You are a blooming flower
Soft and bright
You hold the magic power
Of midnight
You make me swoon in romance
With your eyes
Let us join our souls and dance
Till sunrise
Soon it's time for you to go
To wake up
Wish some time we could borrow
Not break up
In the forest of my dreams
You can stay
We'll meet again near the streams
Faraway
With this promise in my heart
Fare thee well
Yet, I don't want to depart
From your spell.
04.14.2021
N/A'd in Mystic Rose's "In The Forest of my Dreams" contest
DREAMWORLD FIGURINES – THE CURATOR
Such pleasant musing echoes out.
She sits and creates her waxed dolls.
Dreamlike are images sculptured.
In her tiny waxed doll shop,
Her mind configures masterpieces…works of art.
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VERLENA S. WALKER
PENNED ON SEPTEMBER 01, 2014!
DREAMWORLD FIGURINES
Setting on a mantel…a doll.
Beautiful sculpture… achieved.
A surreal existence within…
Adolescent girls…playing jacks
Envisage tomorrow lightheartedly…filled.
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Verlena S. Walker
PENNED ON SEPTEMBER 01, 2014!
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