The Imprisonment of Dreams (Poem written for a Poetry Contest)
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The Imprisonment of Dreams
A poet's dreams are locked
in the deepest
corridor of her brain.
Trapped,
behind sealed doors
the dreams knock,
their knuckles bleed.
In a cell, imprisoned
fed hopelessness
for breakfast and lunch.
no dinners,
the mind is left to starve.
Through the halls,
guards roam
in a state of hypervigilance,
ready to shoot down ambitions
with a lethal dose of reality.
As the poet writes
lines of misery,
her pitiful sulking
seeps from the gaps
of the prison door.
Dreams lie
on the chilly floor,
shivering
in their tattered clothes,
wailing
in synchronisation
to the poet's weeping.
Their howls echo
towards a dead end,
where they linger
in neglect.
This poem is an original writing of Jeremy Mifsud (a.k.a. poetrybyjeremy), as an entry for the wpchallenge: Where Poets Dream and Cry
very interesting
I love how this poem endures with so much emotion. I'm moved by words so detail and imaginative. It is distinct to the usual poetry I've read. Overall it was great and i enjoy reading it.
Thank you. I recently joined The Writer's Block and the Isle of Write and they gave me some valuable advice!
One of them had written this article which helped me a lot: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/16025806-top-five-ways-to-make-your-poems-fly
It might be useful and interesting at the same time :)
Wow thank you for sharing. I'll surely read it.
You should definitely use this for one of your readings!
Hmm, I did choose another one for yesterday. I might have to see if i will use this or a more recent one in the next week's video. It's a great suggestion!
Seems like it would be a fun one for you to motion!