Meaning Of The Dream Self
© Surazeus
2025 07 25

The old man who wrestles with the wild sea
decides not to play the cool movie star,
so he lounges on his overturned boat
and watches families wander on the beach
because Heaven is always out of reach
despite our feeble longing to be free.

Swimming in dark matter of the star brain,
before wind erases our homes from time,
we ask the demon of the deep blue sea
if she would join us for afternoon tea,
so she twists our bodies far out of rhyme
to note our special connection with soft rain.

When the white gull curves along the wide bay
in timeless moment of suspended faith,
I feel hot surge of sweet ecstatic pain
redefine the meaning of the Dream Self
described by riddles in book on the shelf
that bursts into flame with nothing to say.

Each disappearing moment of clock time
retains sinuous vibe of elegant trust
that we extend to our partners in crime
whose faces are veiled by window of lust
since they take their tales with them when they leave
to flee cruel stereotypes of false myth.

Soft foliage of the river-dancing trees
caress her heart with bitter empathy
for how it aches with sharp kiss of the breeze
when she escapes high walls of paradise
to dwell east of Eden by forest pool
where she falls in love with the haughty fool.

Narcissus turns at rustle of footsteps
to see young girl with dress of laurel leaves
who echoes every word he dares to speak,
so he takes her to the high mountain peak
where they share marriage vows of loyalty
when Daphne kisses him with honesty.

Apollo finds mute Echo by the gate
so he takes her to fields where horses graze,
and she giggles with innocent delight
when they eat apples from her open hand,
then they make love to fertilize the land
so she becomes high priestess of the maze.

Though red thread of true love binds lonely hearts
with destiny we choose to activate,
star-crossed lovers, mismatched by wily Fate,
adjust ideal expectations to match
the stranger they choose as their lifetime mate,
which generates children who wonder why.

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Orpheus asks Ophelia to marry him, so she takes flowers to grave of Eurydice where she vows to take care of him, then kicks the laughing skull of Hamlet down the hill.

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