Today's prompt is to write a poem incorporating dream images.
The Persistence of Regret
'In the gardens of memory, in the palace of dreams,
that is where you and I shall meet.'
~ Mad Hatter, Alice in Wonderland
In this palace
of broken down dreams,
blue spreads like mildew,
damp and deep.
Memories rot and merge,
entangle roots.
While a toad squats
in a washing machine.
Outside, a giant wave
rises, tsunami-like.
Emotion overwhelming;
escape, untenable.
Time shifts
in an iridescent puddle.
The present drowned by the past,
future a leaky boat.
You appear here and there -
like a Cheshire cat, a talisman,
as luminous or blank
as the moon.
A curl of smoke in the dark
then gone again.
A broken teacup, a teardrop
tattooed on a face.
as luminous or blank
as the moon.
A curl of smoke in the dark
then gone again.
A broken teacup, a teardrop
tattooed on a face.
a labyrinthine rose garden
and no one there;
petalled peace an opiate.
Jigsaw bunting of days
blowing in the breeze.
Something missing,
like a tooth - or a heart -
loose,
fallen out.
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