Monday, October 21, 2024

dream within a dream april 8, 2014

  

she walks a tightrope

 even in her dreams

 or what once was and

could never be what

 she wants again

the bridge of sighs shredding

before she can reach the end

 all she has

 all that's left to cling to

not love maybe not even ambition

some combination of wishes

she tries to assemble

one precious strand at a time

fingers blistering from the effort

 and angelic choir singing her praises

 admiring her courage

 offering support she's lacked in dreams before

still she falters on a mission

her copy clutched between her fingers

in the other hand as she climbs back up

is what she done acceptable

 why does she do it

when she clearly has no authority to do so

who does she hope to impress

and when she wakes

 does she see herself as a better person

 a dream of a dream

can she even be sure she is awake

 or is it all just threads of the same

unending dream from which we never wake

 only come up into some other aspect

perhaps better off this time

than the last time

people cheering her on


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