Sweet Dreams

Here we go, then: poems from my first year at uni. These are mostly very introspective and melancholy, even by my standards. All are variations on a similar theme, namely loneliness and dreaming of more fulfilment in life. Maybe my 'emo phase' came a little later than with most people...more likely it was just a general reaction to living away from home for the first time. I've rejected a few from this set of poems, but most of them do still have some merit I think.

This one marks the beginning of a key aspect of my poetry: drawing inspiration from various songs or other poems, and exploring the possible interpretations of ideas that they offer.  

SWEET DREAMS

Sometimes

I wish I could dream of a beautiful land

Where the sun kisses the sand

By a deep green ocean

Of emotion.

Sometimes

I wish I could dream of a snowdrop

Finding life on an icy mountain-top

With the sky so clear all around

And echoes but no sound.

Sometimes

I wish I could dream of the stars

Jupiter, Neptune, and Mars

Wheeling above the world’s head

Long after I’m dead.

I don’t.

I dream of people

And their disjointed affairs

Beggars and millionaires

My thoughts and theirs

Crowd out my brain.

Sometimes

I’ll find an oasis of calm

A place of magic, mysterious beauty

And pray that no alarm

Will wake me up to my mornings of duty

I hope in vain

The day is pain.

Some day, one day

I’ll wake up no more.

And then I know

I’ll be free to dance

Upon that shore

Climb up high

Upon that peak

Fly amongst

The brightest stars

And never have to speak

To those who don’t or won’t or can’t

Understand

I’ll have left behind

That land.

Am I scared of that day

When my soul blows away?

Yes.

But in a way

I expect the best.

Thanks to Sting for Be Still My Beating Heart, The Beautiful South for Dumb, and Queen for Some Day, One Day.