Meaning Of The Dream Self

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.