Feverish dream

“A feverish dream of you
Keeps me hanging on
To the wildest possibilities
For our love to carry on.

I see you from afar –
For a second, I know where you are,
But then, over us, falls a veil of mystery called Distance
That intertwines with winter’s foggy persistence.

My wants and needs demand to sprout like Spring
Ready at every dawn to beat the cloudy tears
That fall over this city, pulling at my sadness like a string
Stubbornly connected to my heart, the only sound it hears.

Alas, we are still much too far
To know where our hearts are,
But this feverish dream keeps me awake
As I toss and turn, failing to get rid of this heartache…”

Ana

But a dream

“Lying awake in the dark,
I cry as I cross my heart –
I won’t have to wish upon a star,
To follow my own path.

Promises get lost,
Words forgotten,
Rhymes, with the wind are taken,
Rings, in anger, are tossed.

So, I shall be better,
On my own, I shall be braver,
Making it as I go,
Go, go, go, on my rowing boat,
Casting shadows down the stream,
After all, isn’t life but a dream?”

Ana

To Go – a wish

“Have you ever felt the sun on your skin
And wished you were in that place
You have always dreamed of?
Be that a beach in the summer
Or a mountain in the winter,
Sand or snow, hot or cold,
Have you ever wished to simply go?
To let go of everything
And set off on your own?

Wild and adventurous or not,
I look at my days and they all look
Pretty much the same
And, to be honest,
Going into madness is
No fun game to play.

I dwell into my wish to go,
But I have responsibilities
And a weight on my shoulders
To attend to.
So I hope one day
I may be able to
Take on the adventure
And go to that place
I have always dreamed of,
Under the sun
Dreaming of the moon
Free of worries,
A peaceful feeling I never knew…”

Ana.

Originally posted: May 21, 2018

Dear Love

“Dear love, I had a dream
And yes, you were in it.
You were thrilled about life
Wanting to dance with me,
Trying to convince me
We could twirl
Without getting dizzy.

Dear love, in my dream
You looked so happy
Yet I don’t know why…
All I know is that you wanted
To celebrate the whole night.

So when I woke up,
I realized how nice
It would be
To have someone
With whom to share
Your tiniest victories with,
And I found myself
Strongly wishing for
You to be here…”

Ana.

Originally posted: April 29, 2018

Note: This post has been edited. The initial poem was incorrectly published (some of you might have recognized it from Saturday’s post). Sorry about that; tired brains do mesmerizing things. Wishing you all a lovely week!

Once upon a dream

“Once upon a time
I met you in a dream,
Under the sun
In a place I’ve never been.

We sat by the glittering water
Whilst covering our eyes,
But nothing was brighter
Than your beautiful smile.

Eagerly engaged, you told me how
You had finally found
A way to write a masterpiece
About the love of your dreams.

You stood up to declaim it,
I was at awe with your bravery,
But as I got lost in your words
I recognized her and not me.

Once upon a time
We shared our dreams,
But at the moment we departed
It all came down to once upon a dream…”

Ana.

Originally posted: April 26, 2018

Peacefulness

“Tonight I closed my eyes and
Drew a picture in my mind:
Us, peacefully watching the sunset,
Admiring the shades of orange and red.
I confess, I have daydreamed
Many, many times before
About you and me
Being together at last.
Till this day, I have never
Mention it to you,
Afraid you might say
You have never heard
Anything as silly before.
But the idea of you
I carry within me
Is as sweet as candy,
Keeping me warm
Through a winter storm.
I wonder if destiny
Will ever shrug and sigh:
Alas! Let them be together!
And maybe then you will say:
Alright Ana, you were right,
Here is the peacefulness
I have never found
Brought by the wind,
Tangled with the essence
Of you in the breeze…”

Ana.

Originally posted: March 6, 2018

On sunny winter days

“On sunny winter days,
I feel brave –
Surprisingly so,
Delightfully so.

I am ready to conquer the world,
Ready to make happy my soul,
Marvelling at the wonders around us,
For there’s so much life even when it’s cold…

On sunny winter days,
I dream bigger dreams,
I wish bigger wishes;
The fuel to a heart that was once breaking.

Perhaps, when the night comes,
The doubts will grow too,
But for now, my worries lost their blue
As I dream of me and you…”

Ana

Blindfolded

“Lies on the tip of tongues
Break us since we were young,
Diminishing the light of dreams
We got used to call whims.

If we let the heart wander,
It will only get distracted,
But what if it finds something
That gives light to all this nothing?

To walk blindfolded for a lifetime
Has only made me helplessly cry
As I search for words that might rhyme
And ease the dream that has yet to come alive.”

Ana

Heat wave

“In the heat wave, cicadas’ song
Rises higher than my own
Spirit; laying here, fragile, just waiting
For the start of a new beginning.

In the haze of my sluggish mind
My inspiration has plenty of time
To create castles in the air before
Day dreams turn into something more.

Expectations lie awake with me,
Picture perfect of a future not yet here,
I know I have been burned by them many times
But, for now, I’ll blame the heat for the spark in my eyes.”

Ana

Beautiful Hope

“Beautiful Hope, in the break of dawn,
Who do you, now, hope for?
You find me awake since I keep on
Struggling to sleep as much as I did before.

No more songs, rhymes or folklore,
Have been able to sooth my core;
I spend my time fidgeting with my pen, instead
Of sealing my words in a page with no end.

My thoughts still roam to him, it’s true,
But I no longer wonder aimless with you, Hope,
Throughout paths made for dreams and hues
Of inviting fairy tale portals with no safety rope.

As I keep safe from disenchantment every dream I’ve dreamed,
Every poem I’ve ever written, and every draw I’ve ever drawn,
Tell me, who do you, now, hope for,
Beautiful Hope, in the break of dawn?”

Ana