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Troubled Sleep
The trinkets tied to memories
collections without pertinence
haunt my dreams in misery
insisting paths I dare not take
leading to the traps of lore
with a focus on lost debris
with only value to the one
desiring more than present draws
these echoes of lost history
consume attention in the sleep
this is an echo of waking hours
exclaiming loudly in danger’s place
while the present asks to be
the past consumes all relevance
as the warnings are broadcast
from the realms of troubled sleep.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20190707.
collections without pertinence
haunt my dreams in misery
insisting paths I dare not take
leading to the traps of lore
with a focus on lost debris
with only value to the one
desiring more than present draws
these echoes of lost history
consume attention in the sleep
this is an echo of waking hours
exclaiming loudly in danger’s place
while the present asks to be
the past consumes all relevance
as the warnings are broadcast
from the realms of troubled sleep.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20190707.
Published 8th Jul 2019
Author's Note
The poem “Troubled Sleep” is about the dreams that haunt my rest.
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8th Jul 2019 12:31pm
Dear PA,
It's a beautiful poem. It shows the sensitivity of a poet who always lives in the past to regret mistakes. What is funny about it is that, he doesn't live his past success. JZ
It's a beautiful poem. It shows the sensitivity of a poet who always lives in the past to regret mistakes. What is funny about it is that, he doesn't live his past success. JZ
9th Jul 2019 9:42am
Past successes don't mean much when it comes to poetry. The game of writing poetry is "what have you done for me lately?" :)
9th Jul 2019 4:47pm
