Forever May In Dreams Poem by Edmund V. Strolis

Forever May In Dreams

Rating: 5.0


Tell me dream weaver, what does it mean?
In a dark parking lot with key in hand
Evening tie dangling from a pocket
Once sharp and tucked, now in loose shoes.

Glad faces appeared and then went
None for me, they had places to be
They with bright faces familiar with purpose
All foriegn to me, with key in hand

Feeling alien, slow, obvious, unseen
In the dark briefly remembering
Eyes once searched for me, smiling
How we danced, drunk with laughter.

From this parking lot, I hear the joy inside
Wishing only to be somehwere, anywhere
With key and scuffed heels I stop to hear
The evening bathed in words I once knew.

Forever May In Dreams
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: dreams,escape,foreigner,time
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I wrote this immediately after awakening from a deep mid-day sleep. With music by Peter Gabriel & Genesis blaring "The Giant Hogweed" as a soundtrack to the futile search for a way out.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Susan Williams 10 September 2018

Best poem ever! Read it again and its film noir quality wrapped around me again.

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Susan Williams 10 September 2018

This is superb, top-notch, LITERATURE. You've convinced me. From now on I shall write poetry right after waking up while listening to Genesis.... but even then I cannot write the caliber of poetry that you achieve. I'd give you a trillion sparkling starry-eyed tens but the voting booth is buried under a ton of ads and won't let me rate. But this definitely goes on my fav poetry list.

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Sarah Persson 05 September 2018

Beautifully written and sad to a point. Perhaps this person you speak of is missing something? Perhaps a younger version of themselves. Are you feeling old? Once again Mr Strolis a brilliant work of art.

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Kelly Kurt 04 September 2018

You are 'Da' Man, Edmund. It seems that few ever focus on the present in any form. The impetus of a dream does occasionally inspire a poem. A less than fully 'conscious' state accounts for approximately 1/3rd of our lives. (Hmm, a few years left, appreciation for when I am there, Minus time when I am 'Not. Factor clarity of The Now with a usual daily response; and you will still die. Now should make a difference.

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