Ode to rebirth

Neilton

You visited my roof again at night 

"My dear boy will I ever escape this plight?"

You haunted my sleep.

So I closed my eyes , pretending to fall deep.

"They can see it now that I slowly fleet".

 

And in my dreams you were a grown man 

with a decisiveness to catch the stars, on my behalf 

endowing me with your armipotent heart.

The serenity in one man's eyes

came silently and stole my mind

engulfing me in ardency and pride.

And vowed to an already forgotten welter .

"You can make this life a belter" shouted,

to beguile me into shattering my shelter.

 

 

But there were my presentiments in all of your endowments

Marooner's expertise, I "surmised".

And in the nick of time, I woke up - to them aligned.

You stood there, walking straight

pacing flouncy to your next meant - to plunder train

with not one feeling riving your brain.

How can you not feel ashamed?

When there was me counting days, to break free

apace with my fixation about palliating your sins 

But there was you leeching off my dismality?

All my eighteen years wizening...

Hoping you were stranded there like me.

Seasoning...

 

 

"Why do you steal me only at nights?

And forget to alert me of your words being lies ?

Or that our kindred spirits were an illusion?"

thoughts vowed to forever hide .

"If I ever awakened you would you call it a crime?

And marred it til in ruins and til out of sight?

Pounding your head against walls

to shield your crumbling bones

created by past scars etched in your "soul"?"

Who was I without you, that, I didn't know!

 

In my flyover places

I couldn't even mouth your outrages.

Chained up, choked with feelings,

thousand yard stares were aiming at ceilings,

seeing visions of your dreamings

woolgathering along with your scheming.

 

Slowly fleeting, forgetting to breathe in

pretending to fall deep

in my graveyard imbued with your sins.

Musing over deceitful looks

ashamed, I admit

to plunge into a hug, that will never meet peace

 

This was all true, methinks.

Demons were the ones shrieking 

"I'll be seeing you"

at every glance, at every look,

at every single one of your volatile reviews. 

 

Dilly-dallying about my remedies

led me to an everlasting warren.

Barking up the wrong trees

I saw war end,

unbothered .

 

"Tragedy to die fairly young"

whispered the ferryman.

Shedding tears on my behalf

and ill oaring to reach the riverbank.

Even Hades hovered

while reading my last sonnet .

So for the first time,

he exiled

the one who mismanaged the land of dreams

and abandoned me to the Asphodel fields.

So just like Hercules 

I was ferried back to life

This time not as the also-ran

but with my fellow traveller by my side

 

By the time birds started to warble 

I set about my moulting

And I burned all your marble

Deserting all our puzzle - pieces crumpled.

Now that eyes are wide open

The shelf life of my reveries

will be forever rotten

Along with my garland of asphodels.

  • Author: Neilton (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 17th, 2025 18:02
  • Comment from author about the poem: A dream that woke me up in the middle of the night led to this poem ! Trying to get over someone who doesn't deserve you is not for the weak ! In my dreams he was perfect but reality was a real slap in the face and it almost ruined me This poem has a happy ending and I hope one day jt will come true until then I'm stuck seeing him playing with my feelings
  • Category: Love
  • Views: 16
  • Users favorite of this poem: Cheeky Missy, Poetic Licence, Friendship
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  • sorenbarrett

    What a dream it must have been. The poem seems epic in its proportions and some words I had to look up. A good deal of metaphor and maybe even Jungian archetypes. Well done

    • Neilton

      This means more than you know !! Thank you so much for your kind words
      They are much appreciated!!

    • Poetic Licence

      Now that is some write, nicely expressed and crafted, confirming the fact in life that not all dreams turn out the way you imagined

      • Neilton

        That's true !! Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm immensely grateful

        • Poetic Licence

          You are very welcome

        • Neville



          Oh' my word .. what an absolute nightmare .. It's not hard to see why you woke up my very dearest Neilton .. However, I fear that you are not the only one to have been duped and stalked in such a dreadful way .. Sometimes I am made aware of events that might otherwise very easily go unnoticed but which reinforce my contempt for certain members of my own gender and species .. I do love a happy ending tho' and am keeping my fingers crossed that things work out in your favour .. Neville 😎🌻👍

          • Neilton

            Wow Neville I am so moved by your comment and your kindness! Thank you for taking the time to read the entire poem and comment all that ! It truly helped me and put a big smile on my face .I will be forever grateful I hope the best for you too

          • Friendship

            Well written,Your poem is a poignant reflection on the complexities of love, the pain of betrayal, and the journey toward self-discovery and empowerment.

            • Neilton

              Yes exactly!! I'm glad I conveyed that message ! Thank you for your comment,I'm truly grateful

            • Teddy.15

              Wonderful. 🌹

              • Neilton

                Thank you so much!!!



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