Vive e sogna ad occhi aperti

italian for live and daydream

 

Let Love’s thoughts run dry,

No matter how your right cerebellum

Tries to exchange what you put your emotional stock in.

 

Give the birdie,

And turn left to your heart

 

How he is greedy and thirsty

 

Onward, To the Tour de la Bourse,

Exchange for highs,

Take a walk in uptown,

Don’t kill joy.

 

F**k downtown

 

Do your prayers to repent for living now,

So your guardian angle doesn’t weep,

When he your drunken stumble down Saint Catherine Street.

 

Than you will find what’s your truth

On monte Reale,

 

Be loyal to your daydreams,

I say,

 

If not than your nightmares will earn all of the Royals.

 

(What will our future amount to)

 

?

 

 

Maybe you will see life better through a Mount view.

 

To Montreal you go…..

Author's Note

this is a response to someone, some scattered thoughts but intended

Reviews

[Kara Emily Krantz]

this is so unique! i love it. i haven't read your work in a long while, and i apologize for that. but i'm glad i took a moment out of my life right now to check this out. it's got a style and rhythm all it's own, and i'm impressed :)

"F**k downtown

Do your prayers to repent for living now,
So your guardian angle doesn't weep,
When he your drunken stumble down Saint Catherine Street."

great stuff right there. i love how you reference places and things - allusions which even though i can't personally pick up or relate to, it still makes the piece more palpable and alive. :)

hugs

[Poeticpiers]

Not my favourite form of writing I much prefer formal poetry but you achieved your object describing scattered thoughts

[Christopher 'Windstorm'..]

not bad what are the other translations in this poem and are you itiallian?

[A.M. Nelson]

"If not than your nightmares will earn all of the Royals." - is a pretty annoying line. and coupled with the third, well, I wonder if you want to be poet or investment banker.

the whole emotion-personal wealth tangent isn't that well drawn...I guess, the irony is somewhat lacking. Your voice quite scattered...

another thing, the change to "our" was quite abrupt... seemingly pointless and rather confusing- context wise.

[Flow]

I am one who is rather to loyal to my dreams and I need that steady person to keep me firmly footed in the present. :) I like the repentance part for living right now. It took me so long to live for right now. This is a wonderful peice that speaks in volumes in a small space. Nicely done~

[Collette]

Mr. Spade...where do I begin....?

You make it sound so easy...
I'm jealous.

Letting go isn't as easy as it sounds on paper, but Who knows, in the mind of a schizo.

Either way, valid as this piece is, I hate to ruin your title.
As it stands, it reads "to live and the day dream"

If you want the meaning to mean what you think it does, it should be
"Vive e sogna ad occhi aperti"

Other than that, I loved it. Did you whip this up while shelia was barking mad orders...? My mind is confused, but it's still got enough watts to recognize the quality in your words. Thanks for posting, it's encouraging. to say the least...