Melting Snow

Two Poems: Perchance To Dream and To Sleep

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Perchance to Dream1

On a night without stars
I am walking down the middle of a street,
with cars parked along both curbs
and talking to someone in a white van.

A large brown dog,
wearing a stamp with a politician's politician's picture on it,
is standing statue still in front of us.

Only the dog,
myself,
and the person in the van
are in my dream.

The dog bits my left leg,
and I am lost
in a river at dawn,
the light of the sun
glows so bright
that it blinds my mind.

On a night without stars,
I dream of a dog biting my leg,
and I am walking on azure waters
that chill the wind's hot tears.

Azure waters flow,
down slime wet halls,
washing away the charcoal terror
of night,
and red wine suges
across the glowing rime of winter.

Only the dog talks;
announces casting calls
for cost cutting
politicians.

Poet's Note: ▼

Date Written 2 Mashiyyat 161 B.E. This was inspired by a dream.

The "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise"  prompt for DAY 1596
What do you think affects a good night’s sleep in a negative way? The kind of bed, the pillows, the covers, life’s stresses, relationships, noise, illness, medication, and/or anything else you can come up with, in addition to all of the above?

To Sleep

To sleep
undisturbed by
extraneous noises
either explainable
or unexplainable.

Maybe some chocolate
will send me over the edge of sleep,
and encourage sweet dreams.

Counting sheep doesn't help,
but I could sleep
if could hear the sound of rain,
or the neighborhood birds would sing.

Footnotes
1  I posted this on my offsite blog "Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges from Her Cocoon https://poet999.blogspot.com/.