In Slumber’s Quest

Life remains at my periphery,
yet dreams my center, hold,
strapped in tightly, seat belts click,
and speed escalates as the hands of time spin,
back, ever backwards in a blur,
and owls in unison whisper,
then fall silent upon bow and perch,
and I strain to hear
but understand not their words,
and time from the rails leaves,
free from bounds in star surrounds
as time no longer holds meaning,
and I drift, life so near,
yet dreams still my center,
and thoughts wander, in perfect balance,
floating in a void of warm embrace,
and I feel a tug, a heart reminding of breath,
so I gasp, the falling to a warm bed blessed,
and eyes open in wakeful confusion,
from dreams to reality,
not so easy to accept,
in my slumber’s quest.

I close my eyes, lucid,
and dreams find me once again,
light of weight, free of mind,
time wields not this rhyme,
so I waft like a mist over water,
as if I am a part, skimming over ripples
yet touched not by the wet,
just a parting of matter,
like waves held in space,
as I lower to beneath its crystal wake,
and find light in abundance,
dancing across my eyes,
whispering again, but in dulcet tones
and strain again I do to understand,
as if life itself has words profound,
but I inept to grasp them,
and rise I do to greater heights,
flight so free and inspiring,
as clouds encroach and mutter
all beyond my knowing,
as I realize I am so in the dark,
so aptly blind to reality
held back from my roots of human kind.

Tony DeLorger © 2017

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Tony DeLorger

Full time author, freelance writer, poet and blogger since 1999. Twenty one published works, past winner of 'Poet of the Year' on HubPages, 'Poem of the Year' on The Creative Exiles, writer for Allpoetry.com, Google+, tonydwtf.blogspot.com.au
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