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Dreams

Held in a cloud

By John WelfordPublished 5 years ago Updated 5 years ago 1 min read

Dreamer, what are your dreams?

Is your brain frozen cold in a cloud?

Is reality less than it seems?

Your visions - silent or loud?

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Cumulus, cumulo, cumular

Banality, fluffy and white.

Do you dream of a faraway star?

Is your day exploding at night?

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Can stratus level the mind,

Greyness obscuring all thought?

The dream has nothing to find

Some fish can never be caught.

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Fly high, your Cirrean dream,

Your castle founded on air

A non-understandable theme,

Hopes and ambitions laid bare.

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Dream of nimbucular rain

Torrents of darkness and fear

Anticipation of pain

Only waking can make disappear.

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Dreams held fast within dreams

Clouds – grey, white and immense -

See there, as daylight first gleams,

The dreamer searching for sense.

surreal poetry

About the Creator

John Welford

John was a retired librarian, having spent most of his career in academic and industrial libraries.

He wrote on a number of subjects and also wrote stories as a member of the "Hinckley Scribblers".

Unfortunately John died in early July.

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    Written by John Welford