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Dreamer

imagine's picture
Submitted by imagine on March 22, 2008 - 21:24.

I'm staring at the
reflection of my face
in a cup of
tea,
my features swimming
back and
forth and
molding together like
a mess of
sugar-spun clouds
twisting into a shape
that almost looks
human.

I'm realizing that
this reflection is
what I wish you
could see,

instead of that
face of
reality
who waits behind
the blunt walls of

a
mirror.

This girl who
looks back at me,
mint-scented steam
floating out of
the tendrils
of her skin

knows how
to dream.

miss_literal's picture

ahhh, beautiful

Submitted by miss_literal on March 22, 2008 - 22:45.

ahhh, beautiful

mixedmusic333's picture

MM concurs.

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on March 22, 2008 - 22:49.

MM concurs.

miss_literal's picture

miss lit wishes she could

Submitted by miss_literal on March 22, 2008 - 22:50.

miss lit wishes she could write as gorgeously as you (if that is even a word) and that mm would stop talking in third person

mixedmusic333's picture

MM LOVES talking in third

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on March 22, 2008 - 22:53.

MM LOVES talking in third person!

MM also thinks Imagine is
probably endowed with
divine gifts or
something that make her
poetry so gorgeous.

miss_literal's picture

yes, definitly. she's

Submitted by miss_literal on March 22, 2008 - 22:55.

yes, definitly.
she's probably descended from
the Greek Muse of Poetry.
I can't remember the name

mixedmusic333's picture

uh, you mean Homer?

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on March 22, 2008 - 22:56.

uh,
you mean
Homer? Or
Homer's muse?

miss_literal's picture

no, i mean the gods

Submitted by miss_literal on March 22, 2008 - 23:00.

no,
i mean the gods and
goddesses
that influenced bards like
Homer.
they were called
Muses.

mixedmusic333's picture

Oh. Miss_literal expects MM

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on March 22, 2008 - 23:02.

Oh.

Miss_literal expects
MM to know
that? Think about
MM's english teacher;
MM is sorely uneducated
in the gods and goddesses that
influenced bards and
were called muses.

miss_literal's picture

didn't learn it in

Submitted by miss_literal on March 22, 2008 - 23:04.

didn't learn it in school.
learned it from my
geek of a little sister.

miss_literal's picture

hi awsm!

Submitted by miss_literal on March 22, 2008 - 23:04.

hi awsm!

mixedmusic333's picture

Hi Awsm!

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on March 22, 2008 - 23:06.

Hi Awsm!

awsmpossum's picture

Let's not crowd Imagine's

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 22, 2008 - 23:07.

Let's not crowd Imagine's beautiful poem with random chatter...
How about taking it to one of your or MM's poems...?

And Hi Miss_ Litereal :)

miss_literal's picture

good idea.

Submitted by miss_literal on March 22, 2008 - 23:09.

good idea.

imagine's picture

Thanks, guys. I'm flattered.

Submitted by imagine on March 23, 2008 - 11:28.

Thanks, guys.
I'm flattered. :)

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