DE-myth-FIED

Tags

Achievement, Against all odds, Broken dreams, Butterfly from a cocoon, Coming out a winner, Defiance, Dreams, Emergence, Fiery Dragon, Getting one's way, In a world of stereotypes, Living one's dreams, Mythology, One Shot Wednesday, One Stop Poetry, Originality, Showing "others" wrong, Struggle, Success from failure, Survival, Unbecoming a stereotype

Image credits: Butterfly image by Iviforever@DA; Eggs image by punkcheerleader@DA; superimposition and other editing by me

Under the old bridge
where broken dreams hibernate
with moss growing over
and a drying river limping by,
is a dragon being spawned
– ready to spew fire
at the first foot
that tries to trample it-
It feeds on
the same broken dreams,
growing stronger
with every passing moment
waiting to unleash itself
on the vacant eyes
that saw through it
and refused to believe
in its fiery existence

Once a laughing-stock,
it’ll now bemock the fatuous vanity,
thrash the crazed absurdity
and mark its territory
under the same old bridge
of a stereotypical world…

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Disparate parallelism

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2 worlds too different, 2 worlds too similar, Disparity between life and dreams, Dreamland, Dreams, Jingle Poetry, Monday Poetry Potluck, One Shot Wednesday, One Stop Poetry, Similarity between life and dreams, Visions

Image Credits - DeviantArt.com

Where minds escape
Into a picturesque scape
Of waterfalls and butterflies
Touching rivers and skies
And ripples of reflection
Stream into a collection
Of clouds of reality
Or vast oceans of duality

Where hearts descend
Into a treacherous bend
Unfolding into an abyss
Emitting a cry and a hiss
While constantly falling
Deaf to the voices calling
Crashing into bare trees
Succumbing to the numb freeze

Where faces change
Into forms too strange
And bodies divide
Like petals untied
And souls are fused
From flames confused
And scenes are replaced
With memories displaced

This is where I drift
When sleep gives me a lift
This is where I head
When my eyes feel like lead

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Perfect Poet Award - Week 34

Also, a word of thanks to Chris G. for nominating me as a Perfect Poet at Jingle’s  Thursday Poets Rally… Thanks a ton, Chris!! And thank you, Jingle, for letting me be part of this superb community! Here’s my award acceptance Haiku..
words of gratitude
never quite reflect the thoughts
even so, I try…

I would like to nominate Pinklady-Bing for next week’s Perfect Poet!

** Myriad Melded Musings… **

Tags

Blended thoughts, Dreams, Poetry, Reflections, Stirred together, Wishes

A cup of tea can do so much With dancing swirls of haze It brings us closer, helps us cheer And introspect and gaze… We cherish moments of reason And those sans sanity; Tis fragments such as these of which Dreams all humanity We have our wishes one so many Some live on, others fray Yet all that matters most to us We seldom ever say We call ourselves brave warriors And dreamers of all dreams Daring to think what others don’t By solitary streams; We venture into galaxies And hoist flags to our pride Yet the bravest place for one to stand Is by the other’s side You are my best and truest friend, So close as you can be, On whom I can forever depend Cuz you’re so much so like me. Regimental pelicans in flight Wipe clouds and leave no trace Whats left behind is a night so bright Spilling moonlight on her face As night falls and darkness looms I close my eyes and pray That you will still be by my side At the dewy break of day. I wonder why the night sky holds To us a lasting charm It twinkles and smiles back at us And then gives way to morn

Oft silence has the loudest noise And actions mean the least The deeds, they fade into the night Quiet lingers in the mist The eyes speak what the lips can’t say And sometimes even more They travel oceans’ depths for you While keeping you on shore… Despite the constant race with time With life and death akin We hope to soar up to our best Like kites against the wind I may not build you mountains high Or catch a rainbow fair, But let me be what means so much, A friend that spares no care Pray read to me a verse or two Simple and yet heartfelt That soothes this restlessness within And makes anxiety melt The sun with all its orange glow Is a gift for one to prize It makes one see so vividly In the shadows of the eyes Truth with all its strength and grace Has spiteful clarity But its one’s own perception that makes His life’s reality In vain attempts to break all chains Just so one can be free One binds the mind with cords so harsh And fails to let it be Quit looking all around yourselves In search of paradise And take a peek inside your heart For that’s where Eden lies