Dreamy

Today's prompt is to write a poem based on an image from a dream. I have a few recurring dreams, especially when I am under pressure. One of them has such an image, scene if you like, in it...

The Far Below

I stand atop a steep, steep cliff

and far below me is the sea;

the beach is full of people;

they're happy - you'd agree

There is a narrow path beside me

that some take in their stride,

but when I tried to walk it,

it vanishes, it hides

I cannot reach the Far Below,

I watch it from up high,

it sometimes pains me to know

I'll have to say goodbye

Andrea Vermaak © 2020

Dreams

I have a few recurring dreams which all have specific meanings that actually make sense somehow.

Today, we are to write entries for an imaginary dream dictionary. We are to pick one or more words from a given list and write about what it means to dream of these things.

I have chosen the words 'seagull' and 'rowboat'. I often dream of the sea, and love everything related to the sea, so I find these words most fitting to write about.

I'd like to give my poem a dream-like quality, hiding the dream's meaning within it...

To drift along the shore,

seagulls soaring,

crying out for 

your attention

One lands in your rowboat

as you leap across the waves,

as if to protect you

from the chaos

He lifts off,

lands in the water

beside you

as the calm sea

lets you float 

into oblivion –

You could care less

about the squawking shore