Dreaming

I live in a world of dreams

Dreaming

Day and night

As I dream

The world becomes quiet

Less violent

More peaceful

As I dream 

Everything seems possible

Everything seems less terrifying

I live in a dream within a dream

I am considered an outsider 

Different from the others

I rather dream

Than to feel pain

Than to feel afraid

Than to feel anything at all

Reviews

[TLK]

"I live in a dream within a dream": slight hint of Inception there... sorry, couldn't help it.

"Than to feel anything at all", this is, of course, the line that makes it. And you know that because you put it at the end. I have to say I want to know MORE about the feelings that lead here. I want to know the tension between being considered different (for day-dreaming and dreaming continually, as if one is the other all the same) causing unpleasant feelings leading to a deeper entrenchment in the dream world.

If that's part of your aim then, job done for this poem. It will stay with me. However, I would also love it if you were to say more - in this poem or in a different one.

One radical outcome of dreaming too much is solipsism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism
I hope you manage to avoid it, it's one the scariest things I can think of.

[Destiny]

Thank you very much! You're comment was very helpful!

[JourneyBlu]

This is a nice piece, very concise. I rather like your concluding line. It really sums up the tone of the piece. Thanks for sharing!

[Destiny]

Thank you very much!