Hologram
AUTHOR'S REVIEW
I have been meaning to write about this piece called Hologram for a while now I've been doing a lot of reading into sci-fi and I've been watching movies with many graphic illustrations like star wars and it has just been in my head that I should come up with a poem with the title hologram which I was going to revolve my message all around. Then it happened that I got the inspiration I needed, I had a background to work with which I decided to put it into writing. The focal point of this piece is about a hypothetical person or rather the narrator in this case talking about someone, a she in this scenario. The narrator is alone basically reflecting about someone special to him. This genre of mellexy(mellow sexy) is about a thought and a reminder that feels strong and real.
THE MESSAGE
The poem reflects around the narrator who is suffering in silence of a lost loved one. He thinks about her so much that he begins to see her around. Memories of them keeps playing up in this head like a carousel. However as real as it may seem HE couldn't touch, feel, smell or hold on to her. He suffers from sleepless nights sometimes he wishes that she could be alive but there is absolutely nothing he can do bout it even if he tried. He was also very sad that he drowned himself in a pool of depression. Anytime he sees her in an illusion he gets a temporary feeling of happiness which he knows it's not true but he doesn't care because he gets to see her face once more even if it is a fake reality.
POETRY ANALYSIS
In Line 1,
A wanderer in my dream
The narrator talks about its challenges with sleeping because he always sees her around although the didn't have like a verbal communication but she's always wondering about his dream and as a result which ;
In line 2 which extends to line 3;
A prey in the woods
Hunted in my wake
It has been stated that the narrator is unable to sleep even if he wanted because she's always around plus he feels so small in his dream or in his virtual reality which the word prey lays emphasis on.
Moving further to line 4,
Reminded of a lost song
She reminds him of a feeling, a muse that keeps resonating in his mind.
Line 5;
Memories in black and white
As the black-and-white connotes it shows that the memories are from a distant past with emphasis to the next line,
A movie without sound
memories comes in like cut scenes patching in different times and situations of about what they used to be.
The poetry suggests that the subject lady is dead.
lost in time could
This puts an hypothetical time distant that show she has been gone for a while and perhaps forgotten by many but the narrator hasn't forgotten about her.
still in my heart
He sees are all the time(this part was inspired from the music video of a Canadian music band called Nickelback in the track - this is how you remind me)for she has become a part of him.
The following line uses wordplay
seldom flash bangs causing optical distortions
It happens in a flash that his views or visions are not always clear. She appears unannounced yet the vision is not so clear whenever she does.
a failed genie wish
In his state of sadness he wishes her to live again.
Intoxicated in a feeling of melancholy
Deep in sadness,he drowns in it.
The preceding line creates a background in which it description that there is favorite painting of her or them which he sees her coming to life when day dreaming.
The later lines shows that he becomes self conscious knowing fully well that she is gone and all he has been seeing is not real.
COMMENTS FROM THE AUTHOR'S DESK
This happens to be one of my most challenging write up to create a meaning to hologram as an illusion while maintaining a concept of personification as the subject of the poetry is an hologram which in all is still in my special genre of poetry mellexy
I feel like there's more I could have done, however I tried as much to ensure that the poetry is in no way a cliche to what a reader maybe expecting.
I hope you enjoyed my work.
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Yes @dante31. What a beutiful poem and your reading of it is even better. Really nice! The final lines sent a tingle down my spine
as I had a dream last night where my friend who died 4 years ago visited me to give me advice on my future plans. These final lines reminded me of a moment in that dream so vividly that the whole thing just came back to me in my head right now in front of the computer. In the dream my friend was kind of like a hologram, you could see through him and he kept messing with me and my other best friend by swishing his hand through our heads.
The first lines also just hit me in the same way! These strange occurrences happen to me quite a lot with writing, where someones words are a reflection of a forgotten dream. Some call it synchronicity, whatever it is, it's amazing when it happens. Great poem!
Hey @raj808
Hey buddy, I kind of share a similar experience with you.
I once had a roommate back in college who died during the holiday so till now its feels like a dream that he is gone.
However even though he's no longer with us I sometimes do feel like he is presently here with me and it's also one of the reasons I came up with this poetr.
I know that a lot of people also go through things like this sometimes seeing people that they know no longer alive and they come around and talk to us and even laugh too. If someine were to see you in such a situation they may think you are going crazy but that's not the case. its shows a connection with such a person is strong that even though they are gone they're still with us .
Thank you you for dropping by and commenting I really do appreciate you.
cheers
Oh yeah mellexy!!! Drawling with such chill !
Oh buddy, writing this took a lot in me as much as it looks simple to the eye.
If you search up mellexy on google you will find some of my poetry there haha.
Beautiful, @dante31. Thank you for sharing your art with us here on Steemit. :-)
I also appreciate you for taking your time to check this out.
It means alot to me.
Cheers
Much more than the piece itself (which is beautiful, by the way) I admire the critical thinking, discipline and determination with which you did the review and analysis. Hopefully I’ll get to that level soon. Good job 👏🏾
Sorry it took so long to reply.
Thank you so much for appreciating this.
Cheers