The dreams she kept safely
tucked under her pillow
slipped away and fell
on the old battered floor
the insensible breeze
snuck in through her window
swept them under her bed
with no thought or regard
–
Her dreams lay there silent
for they couldn’t cry out
they just lay there and waited
with hopes of being saved
they knew that her life
would be nothing without them
they knew she’d come looking
and cherish them again
–
When she awoke
and found they were missing
she forgot where she left them
or even what they were
so she decided to live
her life without them
realizing it’s easier
to give up than to try
–
Once in a while
she remembers the dreams
now covered in cobwebs
still under her bed
and she desperately tries
to reach out and save them
but the dreams are too far
from her insecure reach
–
At night when she sleeps
she sometimes can feel
the hope she once had
and excitement she once felt
but she knows it’s too late
for the life she once dreamed of
and her tears stain her pillow
where her dreams lay no more
–
©Shelli Carlisle 2010
Photo credit: “Bed of Dreams” by Michael Kent @http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_big_jiggety/2471124209/
Scattered Nonsense 
At the very least, the dreams are still there. Maybe out of reach for now but who knows?
Nice writing. 🙂
perfect dream poem…
keep writing!
Glad to Land at your magical poetry land today,
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Very well crafted..!!
keep Writing My Dear.. 🙂
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welcome to JP..
very well done poem.
keep it up!
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you rock!
A+
lovely. mine’s here- http://fiveloaf.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/head/
Absolutely beautiful, dreams and magic! I like the theme on your blog very much! Poem on!
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Blessings fly your way, Happy Holidays!
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How life can make us forget what we dream and hope for. Write a book I’d buy a copy or two. also would make great gifts.