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The Dream

Of all the ears on earth,
Of all the voices heard,
No tone's so sweet to any ear
As a dreamer's silent dream.

But the words she whispers ain't so clear;
Reality is blurred.
Which a ghost, which a birth,
What's real and which a dream?

I am a man in slumber's mirth,
Reveling absurd!
Or juvenile's night's arear,
Jousting with a dream?

Should i indulge or should i fear
Confidence demurred?
What's of vapor, what's of worth?
Or is it all a dream?

DyMc

Written by DylanThomasPirateM

Published 3rd Jan 2013 | Edited 11th Jan 2013

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Re: The Dream

Anonymous

3rd Jan 2013 9:10am

A great poem there by your pen...
Especially the first lines are very strong and powerful....(two stanzas maybe?)
Much enjoyed!

DylanThomasPirateM

3rd Jan 2013 9:19am

Thank you. I get the stanzas thing a lot. I, of course, have a certain cadence and set of breaks when i read them, but it shifts. On many of my poems, especially the shorter ones, i like to leave them solid. If the reader likes the words, their own rhythm will develop. You see two, maybe. I read four. but, if i had made it four, you might never have read it as two. I just kinda like it that way, unless i'm firmly devoted to a set of breaks. Thanks for the compliment!