POEM STARTER
Compose a poem which contrasts the world of dreams with the harshness of reality.
You can choose any style that you think is appropriate.
Island Of My Making
Dream within a dream
Heart within a heart
All we cannot see
Are things we cannot part with
Cover me in sand
Lift me into sleep
Once I find the lost hand
I might finally keep it
Storm, small storm
Under my skin
Pulling me in
Warm, here it’s warm
As it never fully is
Without you
Should my shelter
Ever come to harm
Would I
Close my eyes
Would I
Now unsee
What I’ve always needed
What I’ve always wanted
Blind to cold
Numb to sequence
Past untold
Past unspoken
Even havens
Are a kind of daydream
Even comfort
Is a kind of drowning
Star, small star
In my palm
In this sanctum I belong
Or so it would seem
Yet the worst part of a dream
Is the waking
The first part of moving on
Is breaking
So now that my shelter
Is no more
I will
Close my eyes
As if I
Could unsee
What I’ve always needed
What I’ve always wanted
Dream within a dream
Heart within a heart
Isolated, we
On an island of my making
My thoughts had to catch up to my tears reading this. It struck my heart quickly and deeply before my mind even had time to process what my eyes took in. What poignant, moving writing!
Thank you so much for the kind words! I’m a bit awestruck to hear of the effect this piece had.
I wrote this poem about my own experiences with loneliness, and grappling with the need for comfort versus the impulse of safety and self-preservation.
It means a lot to know how much this piece resonated with you 💜
🥹 Well the meaning shone through very strongly. No wonder it resonated with me. 💜
Reading this feels like drowning in the most beautiful way possible. It’s soft and sweet and sharp and bitter. I always look forward to your pieces.
Wonderful writing, Abilienne.
What a compliment! 🥹 Thank you so much.
I haven’t been as active on Daily Prompt lately so I’m sorry that I haven’t really seen much of your recent poetry. I’d love to dig into it sometime 😊
Hope you’re doing well and thanks again for the lovely words!
