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Dream
By Ian Black

A poem of dreams and closing reality

Category: Poetry
Genres: Romance, Fantasy

Poem 1

  Dream

What did I dream-

When the camp fire dwindled,

When the moon fell behind the trees

And the stars remained unkindled?

 

What did I dream-

When the blackness penned me in,

When this world of iridescence

Seeped until as black as sin?

 

What did I dream

When the gale rose around me,

Lifting rocks and snapping trees

And the resounding cry was flee?

 

What did I dream

When the tide was charging higher,

Sweeping cars out to the sea

And turning grassland into mires?

 

What did I dream

When flashes crossed the sky

Exploding like electric shells

And we thought the end was nigh?

 

What did I dream

When the mountains all erupted

Spewing fire on everything

On the purest and corrupted?

 

I dreamt of sunlit meadows

Of flowers fresh in bloom

I indulged my deepest love

As nature's fury loomed

I walked with the cherub

And held her golden hand

I lay with her forever

As my body turned to sand.

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11 people call this work a favourite

leslie purdy

Dick Sardon

Posted 11 months ago

you've been interestingly busy

Ian Black

Ian Black

Posted 11 months ago

how so?

leslie purdy

Dick Sardon

Posted 11 months ago

Sorry Ian,for the delay,my excuse for not replying earlier,is I live 3.5klms from here in the internet cafe,and also I forget things. Ok I like your work and you seem to put in a great deal of thought and effort into it,please continue with other stuff. I don't know if your work is brand new or been around,but mine is up to 7 years old,so this internet site keeps me alive in my head,thanks

Ian Black

Ian Black

Posted 11 months ago

Ha, you don't need an excuse =) still, 3.5 km is quite some way, wow. (I have a bad memory, so I know the feeling) As for my work, I am really glad that you like it. It's all new, most of it was completed at the moment that it is posted on the site, with some of my original posts having been around for a few months before sharing with enovella (as I hadnt heard of enovella) so whenever I post something, it's two or three days old at most.

Lucy'may Walker

Tsumetai Hana

Posted 10 months ago

I like this poem Ian san :)

Ian Black

Ian Black

Posted 10 months ago

And who do you suppose it is about, Lucy chan? Who do you suppose is the heroine who brings light to the darkness, who ends the chaos and pain and renders the world beautiful? who is the golden cherub? =) To quote Othello 'Perdition catch my soul but I do love thee. And when I love thee not, chaos is come again'

maddy kratzel

tearsandteacups

Posted 10 months ago

iannnn :] you can write a poem, you know that?

Ian Black

Ian Black

Posted 10 months ago

I'm very glad you think so =)

Johanna Svensson

Jo Printz

Posted 9 months ago

This, I like! The imagery and the subject are just lovely =)

Ian Black

Ian Black

Posted 9 months ago

Thank you ^_^

Adam Jay

Adam Jay

Posted 8 months ago

Loveloveloveloveit: D

Ian Black

Ian Black

Posted 8 months ago

yay! cheers AJ =)

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