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The strangest dream

May 31, 2010
By Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
"il piu nell' uno," (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)

"Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality" ~Emily Dickinson

"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain"
~Kahlil Gibran


There hangs a skillfully carved
Crescent of a moon upon
A silver string that is tied off
Somewhere beyond that place
Where wretched reality stops and
The essence of a dream begins
Where the invisible forms
Of wistful giants stroll around the
Vibrant center of the universe

The moon floats in a
Frozen lake of solitude
Like a crystal eye that keeps
Vigil before the darkness
Its chalky face is glistening
Not marred like ours
Save for the etchings of words
That were spoken at the moment
When the somber director signaled
For time to begin

Cynical crows laugh sardonically
And fly at the atmosphere
And bicentennial trees reach down
Half-heartedly with their roots
And hooded spirits pace through
Fields of paper flowers
And what's left of life drips
Slowly into an endless chasm

There is a forgotten station
That is fading away
Bombarded by celestially tragic
Drops of rain
It sends off weeping trains that
Leave red petals in their wake
Each one disappearing into
That unreachable horizon

From a good walking distance
Away from that world
It has a mien that resembles
Sadly true philosophy

For although a circle of dreams
Is the most beautiful
It can even bring a crystal tear
To the sober seraph's eye

For places like this place
For dreams like this dream
It is with regret and
With a retired sigh
That one must give
His heartfelt goodbye



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on Aug. 6 2010 at 5:50 pm
alaskatrailmutt, Jefferson, Maryland
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All of your word makes me speachless wow. That was reeeeaaallllllllllllllyyyyyyyyy awesome. Wow. I love the 3rd and 4th paragraphs. Wow. So perfect.

on Aug. 6 2010 at 2:54 pm
Francesca BRONZE, Clermont, Florida
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Wow, this is amazing. It's much better than what I write.

on Aug. 6 2010 at 9:27 am
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
"il piu nell' uno," (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)

"Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality" ~Emily Dickinson

"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain"
~Kahlil Gibran

Thanks! I had to write a poem for art and this image suddenly came to my mind while I was thinking of poem topics. I decided that free verse would give me as much freedom to describe it as possible.

on Aug. 6 2010 at 9:25 am
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
"il piu nell' uno," (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)

"Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality" ~Emily Dickinson

"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain"
~Kahlil Gibran

Thank you very much; I'm flattered!

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on Aug. 6 2010 at 6:25 am
TerraTAZz GOLD, Sapulpa, Oklahoma
18 articles 3 photos 86 comments

Favorite Quote:
Nobody goes through life without a scar.







-carol burnett

Love this poem! It is so describtivee:) Your giftedd keepp writingg

on Aug. 5 2010 at 2:53 pm
matticus SILVER, Port St. Lucie, Florida
6 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward."

Awesome. I really enjoyed reading this. What inspired you to write it?

on Jul. 30 2010 at 7:20 pm
Sabrina.Nichole SILVER, Pineville, Kentucky
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Favorite Quote:
"Live your life as you wish, its like possessing a coin, you may spend it however you please; but you can only spend it once, so spend it wisely" - Thomas Kinworth

I could feel your emotion in this piece, it was written very beautifully. I enjoyed reading it, and look forward to reading more of your work.

on Jul. 28 2010 at 11:03 am
MercedesXO DIAMOND, South Easton, Massachusetts
52 articles 0 photos 280 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I realize that life is risks. It's acknowledging the past but looking forward. It's taking chances that we will make mistakes but believeing we all deserve to be forgiven."
-The Dead Tossed Waves.

wow. very intelligently written, and absolutely amazing and creative ways with imagery. i greatly enjoyed this, and you are a very talented writer. nice work:)

Surrealist14 said...
on Jul. 21 2010 at 3:41 pm
Surrealist14, Greenville, South Carolina
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Beautiful. Simply beautiful. I love your energy, and your imagery

on Jul. 20 2010 at 5:21 pm
Supernova7 GOLD, Redford, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
Let me cry my tears let me live in sorrow as long as you promise to be with me tomorrow
By Me:)

I love the mental image it creates. well done could you please comment on my work?