Dreamscapes

The vivid dream

Played across a black screen

Bringing new life midnight views

And introducing true starlight

To those estranged souls

Searching for

MORE, MORE, MORE

As the days drag on

Falling asleep with swirling thoughts

Fighting to be first,

Swords clashing behind mind's eye

A yearning for something

They can’t grasp-

The dream world presented to them

In their sleeping moments

An alternate space,

A falling into,

Not a climbing-clawing out-

Nails scratching for an existence

A foothold in a world

Constantly running-

Instead a cavernous desire for

A world of existence

Of enjoyment and fascination,

A world of color despite the edges,

The gloom hiding just outside the vision,

A clear wall presented by

The modern steps,

The practiced patience

The preferred facial expression,

An act well staged

Among fellows despite

A common grief,

A shared dream to fall into

The universe where

The sinister skeptics

Of the necessity of idle hands-

Providing progression to an overworked mind

And allowing the dreams of imagination

To scatter about on the ground

Springing to life

Like the daffodil blooms beyond the front door

Of our waking days.

Katrina Thornley is a nature poet. novelist, and freelance journalist that resides in Rhode Island. She has two poetry collections currently published, a novel, as well as a short story anthology. Her poetry collections "Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature" and "Arcadians: Wooden Mystics" were inspired by a local park and life in her small rural town. You can find them on Amazon now!

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