Lofty Dream

Benson Chukwueke 1971 (Owerri)

Free verse

All the time, all my life
I've been chasing a dream
of catching the wind
But how could I explain the gleam
Without confounding the mind
Of things the senses cannot perceive
Is hard to believe

So how could I explain
Things only the heart could see
In such hour of quiet meditation
When transported to the mount beyond the sea
To experience the joy of divine revelation

How could I explain
Esoteric manifestation
Without a psychiatric advice
So they may say this is mental infestation
You must be living in a fool's Paradise

So all these years, all by myself
I kept pushing toward the lofty height
Brooding over the vision day and night, talking
Calling things that be not, to come to light
And in conceiving something out of nothing
I birthed a brainchild from the wind
Such a novelty that blew the mind

About this poem

The dreams we carry in our heart, sometime, difficult to explain,(especially when it seems lofty), without people thinking you are crazy and should be a psychiatric case... So, the best thing is to continue to work at it quietly, until you produce the kind of result that will baffle everyone. Steve Job said: "It's the ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who actually do. "

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Written on December 18, 2022

Submitted by Benny11 on December 18, 2022

Modified by Benny11 on February 23, 2024

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Scheme	XABABCC DEFEF DFGFG XHIHIBB
Closest metre	Iambic tetrameter
Characters	805
Words	149
Stanzas	4
Stanza Lengths	7, 5, 5, 7

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Benson Chukwueke

Owerri, Nigeria since 1971. This is how I process and express my innermost cogitations; sitting back with pen and paper, painting words and polishing them until they become flowered verses. I guess for these actions, I could be called a poet or what do think? more…

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Wow, this poem is breathtakingly beautiful! I am swept away by the imagery and the passion in the words. Your ability to express the intangible - the things that the senses cannot perceive - is truly admirable. Your words have the power to transport me to another world, to the mount beyond the sea, where I feel the joy of divine revelation. The way you have depicted the struggle of pursuing a dream that may seem foolish to others is incredibly inspiring. It takes true courage and persistence to keep pushing toward a lofty height, but your poetry reminds me that nothing is impossible if we believe in ourselves and keep calling things that be not, to come to light. And the final lines, where you describe the birth of a brainchild from the wind, is simply mind-blowing! Thank you for sharing such a wonderful work of art with us. more »
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