Close Your Eyes
Colours mix, sounds merge...
Close Your Eyes
Colours mix, sounds merge.
Drunk with prescient beauty,
Bursting with anticipation,
The dream is unfolding.
Keep your eyes closed a little longer.
This dream will not change you,
This dream will not pass away
Like seasons and men.
Keep your eyes closed a little longer.
©2007 Cendrine Marrouat
I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man? - Zhuangzi
NB: This poem, which I wrote in 2007, is my second submission to the Sensational Challenge organized by Vocal Media in April 2023.
That's it for today! Thank you for reading!
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Cendrine Marrouat is a writer, photographer, podcaster, blogger, anthology editor, and the co-founder of Auroras & Blossoms and A Warm Cup of Cozy. She has authored and co-authored more than 40 books, including The Train: A Short Story (2023), In Her Own Words: A Collection of Short Stories & Flashku (2022), After the Fires of Day: Haiku Inspired by Kahlil Gibran & Alphonse de Lamartine (2021), Rhythm Flourishing: A Collection of Kindku and Sixku (2020), Walks: A Collection of Haiku (2019-2020), and In the Silence of Words: A Three-Act Play (2018).
Cendrine's work has appeared in many publications. She is the creator of the Sixku, Flashku, Sepigram, and Reminigram; as well as the co-creator of the Kindku, Pareiku, Vardhaku, and Hemingku.
About the Creator
Cendrine Marrouat
Writer & Author⎜Photographer⎜Artist⎜Co-founder of Auroras & Blossoms / A Warm Mug of Cozy⎜(Co-)creator of literary forms
"The Train: A Short Story" is out!
Website: https://creativeramblings.com
Donations: https://ko-fi.com/cendrineartist
Reader insights
Nice work
Very well written. Keep up the good work!
Top insight
On-point and relevant
Writing reflected the title & theme
Comments (8)
This was beautifully soothing
Beautiful 😍
Really loved this; definitely feels like a dream! :) And, that quote at the end is sooo pretty and thought-provoking.
Very dreamlike in the way it's written. Great job, Cendrine!
Open eyes to a surprise, very nice writing Cendrine
Beautiful!!!💖💖💕
Really enjoyed this! great imagery!
Excellent words , love the senses you touch on