Your dreams waver, turn tumescent. Slink off…
You trace their story lines with a languid finger. You try
to bring them back.
They reject your advances during soporific afternoons.
They retreat into the greenrooms of your mind.
They’d rather wait for the night
when your eyeballs will rotate beneath watery lids,
and they can tangle up into a ball.
Your supine form seeks a shroud
beneath which you can dream… Your pupils dilate
in the dim purple of day’s end. Your hands slap at mosquitoes.
Body flounders in its own soup of desires. You don’t bother anymore
with the niceties of evening rituals. You don’t hope anymore
for a knight in shining amour, ready to race
his pennant down this turbid corridor. Though
you would have loved it of course. To usher him in
now that your dreams flit like moths
among summer candles. Whose sooty entrails
waver. Rise like ghosts from gravestones.
Rumjhum Biswas has been writing poetry almost since she learned to read and write. It was her way of getting back at the world. Now a bespectacled and hopefully respectable mom of two and wife of one she continues to write poetry and also fiction, because while poets remain poor some fiction writers do get rich and that gives her hope. Her publications and mutterings are here: http://rumjhumkbiswas.wordpress.com/ She also jabbers from time to time at Flash Fiction Chronicles.
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13 Responses to “DREAMS • by Rumjhum Biswas”
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July 23rd, 2010 at 5:17 am
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July 23rd, 2010 at 6:50 am
No one could know that much about someone else so it appears as writing about the self in the second person. But it’s a moment well caught so obviously not the full truth of the voice.
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:09 am
I just love the feel of this, Rumjhum….nicely done.
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:17 am
Thx for the read…I love some of the lines…soup of desires…
dreams flit like moths among summer candles….
July 23rd, 2010 at 11:25 am
Thanks for this, Rumjhum… Very dreamy indeed! Loved the image of fingers tracing story lines, “pupils dilate
in the dim purple of day’s end” and “Body flounders in its own soup of desires.” I thought those were strong imageries, among others… Had to look up ‘tumescent’.:-)
Thanks again!
July 23rd, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Lovely!!!
July 23rd, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Really enjoyed this. It works just fine for me
July 23rd, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Enjoyable, with some lovely original images. Up to your normal high standard!
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Rich in imagery; well structured; a very good poem.congrats.
July 24th, 2010 at 11:42 am
Wonderful, dreamlike quality, Rumjhum.
July 24th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Added a word to my vocab Rumjhum
Lovely images. As usual, an enjoyable read from you.
July 26th, 2010 at 12:16 am
Thank you folks! Hugs!
August 18th, 2010 at 3:23 am
[...] Dreams was first published in The Every Day Poets. [...]