Intensified ticking
Night enhances every emotion
Trying to hold on
my sad smile withers
-a lingering vision
A few more minutes
I plead to my sleep
-ghost of a dream
It vanishes, as you had
No warning, no goodbye
Did either have a choice?
©Nimi Arora
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Sometimes the dreams seems to much better than reality... at others the dreams will haunt us
ReplyDeleteHi Nimi! I finally got around to reading your poem. I love the alliteration in the first line - echoes of a clock - very emotive - and then the 'ghost of a dream' in the second stanza makes me question whether the 'I' person is awake, asleep or somewhere in-between.
ReplyDeleteJust so sad. That second line is just so true. Night DOES enhance every emotion.
ReplyDeleteDreams do seem like ghosts appearing and vanishing without warning.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you link the ephemeral nature of dreams and life. A sudden loss is very unsettling and reality shifting.
ReplyDeleteOh so poignant!!
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