These three poems are from my book “The Forgotten Dream”. Reading this morning I was touched by these three.
I FEEL LIKE THREE PEOPLE
I feel like three people
One for me
One for her
One for them
One to make the pain go away
Sullen as it works
Dreaming relentlessly
No one cares here
Another to gather pride
A distant wish
Kissing a ghost
Lonely
Last to become real
In a fabricated world
They laugh
At what I think
OCEANS OF DREAMS
Awaking from a sultry dream
chasing phantoms in the night
wishing to go back
but afraid-
in the heart of the dreamer
lies the reason he falls
the hell of remembrance
is like sweet and longing nostalgia
The hazes that surround the dream
liquid voices
lingering
demand recognition
Screaming of loss
separation
regret
wanting to relive it all
Whispers emerge like ghosts
crowding his senses
knowing the result
but going anyway
Weakness deserves confusion
senses weakened
oceans of dreams
never ending
WAKING DREAM
Suppose you want the sky
But the earth is offered
What about the sea
Dry land for choice this time
Seemingly alarmed you ask for wind
They give you rain
You will settle for a breeze
A blizzard occurs
Some give up and wait
Some give up and take the offer
I will watch from my window
Let the world unfurl around me
Make no decision now they say
Wait till tomorrow
Maybe what you want will come
I don’t believe it and decide to dream instead…
Of…
Skies and sea
Breezes and sun
Contented dreams
Living there is my dream…
No-one can take it from me
highland poetry 