A Very Sweet Dream of Home

Teddy.15

 
As I turned out the light 
in my incredibly humid
hot bedroom 
for the last time 
on this magnificent island
I was kept awake
by the dripping 
of someone's
air-conditioning 
falling onto a pipe
that's been misplaced 
outside my window 
and as I lay there
annoyed about the slight disruption 
I reflect on the possibility 
that it's rain
rain cold, and welcome
drip, drip, drip
and just then, before I knew it
I was in my very own
sweet slumberbash.
  • Author: Teddy.15 (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 6th, 2024 01:46
  • Comment from author about the poem: Slumberbash, a word I made up, it means sweets dreams 🌹 bittersweet as I'm not really going home to London. 💙
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 22
  • Users favorite of this poem: sorenbarrett, Thoughtless, Bella Shepard, Cassie58
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  • sorenbarrett

    Simply changing how we think about things can make all the difference in the world as to how we feel. Ignorance is bliss. That's why I know nothing. Great write
    Teddy

    • Teddy.15

      Awe thank you dearest sorrenbarret alas bittersweet as I\'m not actually returning to my home on London, but to that in Florence, I always miss home. 🌹

    • Thoughtless

      It's the contrast between what is and is not. One can have two homes which both pull at one's heart.

      • Teddy.15

        How very true dear Thoughtless thank you so much. 🌹

        • Thoughtless

          You're welcome.

        • Doggerel Dave

          Find an escape anyway you can, Teddy. Especially if it is London; what can I tell you - go for it.
          For me, that would be the London of the '60's and 70's - not so sure of right now.
          Thanks for the memories....💗

          • Teddy.15

            I know, I wouldn't want to live in London probably ever again but after I've been on a fab island I always imagine the thought of going home to Heathrow even for a moment, I totally agree I wouldn't want to at the moment just in my dream. Thank you so much dear Dave. 🌹

          • Bella Shepard

            How long before slumberbash is found in the OED? I now have a new word that I shall use repeatedly. There is a gentle sweetness in this verse that I just love. Excellent write dear Teddy!

            • Teddy.15

              LOL this time next year, I'll be a millionaire 🤣 sometimes I wish I could leave the island to go home home, alas I have a wonderful life. Thank you darling Bella for noticing the In-between of this. 💙

            • Cassie58

              Dear Teddy, I love how you can turn the everyday ordinary into something so poetic. Hope you had a beautiful holiday and feel well rested. Your posted image of London in the rain, takes me back many years. I prefer to remember it as it once was. Have a wonderful Wednesday 🌹

              • Teddy.15

                Dearest Cassie, thank you so much for such kind words, indeed I too would love to remember my home town in the 90's where I had my most favourite times, todays UK isn't what I remember at all. Biggest of hugs 🤗

              • Goldfinch60

                Great new word Neville, slumberdash souns good to me.

                Andy

                • Teddy.15

                  Thank you dearest Andy, slumberbash has been with me on a poetry journey that's for.sure. 🌹



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