Cratered Lake and pot-holed
The soul-hungry collective
stalked empty mauls
Hollow cases
Echoed cries of the old normal
We should have never been
Taking as opposed to giving or sheltering tree
Bitten
Stung
Strung out
How should love be?
A nearby wedding
Featuring meth addicted bested men
Filled the former foyers of Wall Street
With resounding unmet needs
The work is never done
Her sit bones
Touch the cold tile
Chairless
Childless
Free
Through the skin of broken promises
While the fat man-child rots
Pissing himself in the dog kennel
Voluntarily crawls in
As the critical masses weight
To be passively entertained
Or trained
We both risk missing the flight
Either way
She didn’t have time
Palms flush to the rails
Bleeding life lines
Rushing to his helpless side
The tin heart
Beheads a bewildered Dorothy
To raise them all
~
A summary of nightmares since June of this year. My new journal arrives tomorrow. Can’t come fast enough.
Born in Providence 
I’m glad the new journal is on its way – or maybe has arrived by now? Dreams are not my favorite – the pleasant ones disappear; the scary ones continue. Thankfully, I’ve gone through quite a period where I don’t remember them often.
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Hey Trish. Sorry to hear your dreams have been less than pleasant lately. Here’s to short memories 😊
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“The tin heart / Beheads a bewildered Dorothy” – Oh yeah!
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Completely stolen from a dream my mother had recently. The description is mine tho 😉
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It’s a ferocious image!
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Dystopian Oz 😬
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Wow, you HAVE been having nightmares! I have so many dreams that I have started praying daily that I would remember only the ones I need to remember, and that I would understand what God is trying to tell me, so I can heed it and obey. I don’t remember many dreams any more, but the ones I remember are clear, and I know just what they mean and what I am to learn from them.
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Even nightmares have a lesson, though fortunately, I’m having better dreams lately.
I like the intention of your prayer; keep only what we truly need and forget the un-rest. That’s a good one.❤️
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