Dream-State
It's late and dark. The TV flickers white
Ghostly lights, and my darling is asleep.
What dream, what world is she caught in so deep
That her slumbers would twitch her frame tonight?
What haunting image puts her peace to flight—
What goblin had her moan my name, and weep?
Would that I could enter her dream, her sleep,
Protect her, search out that demon, and fight!
About this poem
Have you ever observed someone you love endure, with tremulating agony, a nightmare or a terrible dream? Our desperate inability to intervene is what this poem is about.
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Submitted by Vixility on September 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | AB BAABBA |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 368 |
| Words | 72 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 6 |
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