In the sluggish haze before waking I notice a door
which I cautiously approach and find is open.
I pause but can’t resist crossing the threshold.
Ignoring the lump in my throat,
I toss apprehension aside and begin to explore.
I sense I may have already been here,
in another time, another space, another “me”.
Soon I realize this is where I
neatly folded my dreams and packed them away,
finding them easier to forget than to pursue.
I gather up all these hopes and lost ambitions
then tuck them, one by one, into a box once discarded
by the door. I think how fortunate it is that I stumbled
across them now, at this very moment,
when I need them the most.
I pass back through the door with my box of dreams,
a prized possession I clutch tightly to my chest.
A creak of the door tells me it has closed behind me.
A click of the lock suggests I’ll never be going back.
There is no need—I found my dreams!
This poem “A Box of Dreams” is featured on vox poetica today.
Thank you, vox poetica!
Beautiful!
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How kind! Thank you!
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I enjoyed your poem!
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I’m so glad you did! Thank you!
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You are welcome.
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Loved this one!
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That makes me happy 🙂
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Wow
No kidding
Wow
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I felt your “wow”, David, and I’m truly grateful!
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Wonderful … especially the initial sense of having been there before … Next time that happens to me, I will for sure look around for a pile of something I needed to come back for! And hope there’s a box by the door to help me reclaim my “self”.
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Thanks! I carry an imaginary box with me at all times – seems like I’m always losing something! 😉
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Enjoyed your poem, and was surprised to see your name. Powell was my maiden name. Maybe we’re long lost cousins!
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How fun would that be! Well, technically we’d be cousins-in-law… Powell is my married name!
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Oh yes, of course. Cousins-in-law sounds good too. 🙂
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congrats!
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just came back from reading it. wow, loved it! Gave me chills
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Thanks for taking a moment to read it! I appreciate that!
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