UP FROM BELOW (photomorph) & TAKING CARE (free verse dream poem) by Roswila

NOT EVEN HOME

a note's slipped under my door;
I have to bend just about every one
of my arthritic joints to retrieve it,
but even before I can pick up the small
sheet of paper I know it's more
information
about the danger
I've begun to recognize I'm in;
I back off from the door and the note
-- it radiates more and more like an
odd sort of ransom demand -- as well as
away from whomever I hear
moving about
outside my rooms;
I also back off from being in
this dream to observing it:
a young dark haired
boy is alone in a submarine with only
a black uniformed, adult male protector;
the adult's been rushing the boy
away from those
who'd kill him,
the submersible resting beneath
a stone arch in water that barely covers
the boat; they're supposed to meet up
here with some helpers, but the man
suddenly realizes it's a set up
and scrambles
to start the submarine and steer the boy
to safety; next, I see this lively young
boy arrive unscathed at his home in
a second floor apartment, his parents
are overjoyed
to see he's alive and well;
as the boy scampers into the living room
he tells them about what happened
and how his protector had been duped;
the parents freeze in their tracks, knowing
now they're also
in extreme danger
and have to get out of their home
with their energetic little boy, and toot sweet
if there's to be any chance at all that their little
family will survive: as I observe their furious
flurry to flee I think all too wryly:
"So, there's truly no place like home,
not even home"


[free verse poem on a dream of 12-10-18. This dark haired boy was in a dream/poem of a couple nights ago (posted here: "Lopsided Loping") and has been in dreams over the years. Though not always in dangerous situations, or post-apocalyptic ones (as in "Lopsided Loping"). I suppose I should do some searching through my blog archives as it might be informative to see when in my life, and in what dream scenarios he shows up. Photomorph "Up From Below" (11-24-15 049v6a) by Roswila]

PLEASE NOTE: in most browsers you can click on the above image for a larger version. Also, the photo accompanying a post is not necessarily meant to illustrate it, but to reflect some small, even slant aspect of the verse, similar to Japanese haiga (illustrated haiku).

There are many other sorts of posts on this blog. I indicate which are about or influenced by dreams. Some non dream focused posts are book reviews, "regular" poems (some by other writers), scifaiku, writing exercises, Tarot haiku, photos, haiga, and so on. However, most of those are in much older posts. There's a listing by month going back to early 2006, at the end of the sidebar.

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until next time, keep dreaming,

[a/k/a Patricia Kelly]
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