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Perchance To Dream

April 9, 2010
By kellyo BRONZE, Yorba Linda, California
kellyo BRONZE, Yorba Linda, California
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Of what substance do our dreams consist?
Perhaps the mumbles of memories long gone
Rise with the setting of the sun
And gather in sleeping minds like mist.
Our nightly adventures seem to insist
That we are too timid before day is done
To accomplish thoughts that linger on
Until we fall into that blissful abyss.
But under the blanket of sleep
Our souls may find sanctuary
And the fulfillment of daylight reveries.
Our dreams many secrets keep
And many hopes wake with nary
A thought of impossibilities.


The author's comments:
My title is an allusion to Hamlet's famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy. The poem, like the soliloquy, is introspective but focuses on the dreams that visit us in sleep rather than questioning the meaning of life and why people fear death. I always found the phrase "perchance to dream" interesting because, to me, dreaming is the best part of sleep.

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