My Lachryma Papaveris

Awakeness interfering Sleep,

Guide me to the river Lethe,

Unlatch your gates of ivory,

Morpheus relieve me. 

Daily haunts at the wrong time,

Balancing on a fine line, 

Ticking with the Grand Old Clock,

Prescribe something to knock me out,

So that no love is lost, Hypnos,

Between me and my Dreams. 

Author's Note

Not Complete

Reviews

[Abraham Kureshi]

Brilliant. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful piece of writing.

[Elisabeth Acosta]

To be able to navigate through a river of forgetfulness and to have our dreams invaded by Morpheus only to be awaken to a mortals destiny. It is the sweet gift of God to give us dreams filled with a life different than the one we have when we are awake. Beautiful poem, it makes me long for night so I can fall under a dream.

[Sarah]

Thanks for reading!

Dreams are a wonderful gift, and sleep is often a luxury :)

[Alexa Apothic Red]

This is gorgeous! Very Brontean/Dickenson-like in its baroque/gothic whimsy.. I love that classic/romantic feel that you give to this longing piece.. the desire to remain within the paradise of a perfect daydream is so strong and powerful.. can be completely intoxicating.. day/life can be so inconvenient in getting in the way of our longing daydreams.. those that we wish to actualize in real life. Your writing is beautiful.. I love the classical references.. my only suggestion is to improve the flow and the way the words connect.. it’s a little bit jolting/contrives in the way you plucked words into the lines.. perhaps add and remove some words.. try out some different combinations for different rhythm and pattern and see what rolls off the tongue most smoothly.. I’m sure that this could be spectacular!! I do love the idea behind your piece and your desire to use lofty language.. I have a heart for classical/myth verbiage, so well done!!

[Sarah]

Thanks for reading! & many blessings for your kind words & suggestions, will definitely take them on board.

I also love classical mythology and how relatable it can be to real life situations :)

[PaintedBirdy]

dude i'll hide my face as the blood rushes up to me as i blush because i lush this too much, and so i apologize for my interpretation too. i don't think this is about the actual dreams at night, i think it's about a person's day dreams. i think it's a person who lives their everyday life but gets little moments to just day dream away in some lovely fantasy at little times, and they're saying they want to just fall asleep during the day until these moments come. my favorite line is "daily haunts at the wrong time" because in my interpretation this means that while they're trying so hard to fall asleep during the day until the good moments that they have personal doubts too about their day dreams that they want so much. isn't that tiny little worry worth a million words?? i know i might be reaching but this is what this poem does for me, and i love it, and i thank you for sharing it so much!! you're a killer of my heart with words right now in this day dream of mine :)

[Sarah]

That’s what I was going for, such a strange feeling of wanting to sleep in a daydream thanks for relating to it.

I didn’t mean to kill your heart :)

[PaintedBirdy]

oh i enjoyed it :) please start floating now!