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Whispers of the Sea Holly

Dream or Reality

By DaphsamPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
Nightcafe ai by Daphsam

Whispering fairy wings

Brings silent murmurs

to the haunting Sea Holly

as they waltz under

the silver glass moon.

Why am I here?

To gaze at the maze

of mangled tangled

petals with veins

like an elderly’s

time-worn skin?

Olive leaves

as sharp

as daggers

ward off

moonlit touches.

Only delicate darning

celestial butterflies

perch on

the wrinkled periwinkle

heads in search for a respite.

Why am I here?

Dream or reality?

For this is of my own making!

What cryptic

message is my

grey chamber

painting for me?

Eerie Sea Holly blossoms

reaching out in this

melancholic gothic garden.

Beautiful enigma

chanting in jiggered whispers

Misery……misery…..misery

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Daphsam

A dyslexic dreamer who once thought reading and writing were beyond reach. Yet here I am, an artist, wordsmith, and illustrator—ready to weave stories and poems from my artwork.

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  • Thavien Yliaster2 years ago

    There was a time where I couldn't make sense of poetry, and I adore it when a good poem makes my brain stretch and have to wrap around the concepts it speaks to my soul like a constrictor snake to its prey, but not to remove the life from this poem, but to get a grasp for the life that it's been bestowed with. Why am I here? In a painting, in a place of my own design Nobody asks to be born Yet, every person born has changed the world No matter at what time of their life they passed We are just fauna From flora and fauna And to flora and fauna we return Though we are delicate We are not so delicate as Moth wings in the moonlight That're filled with blood to help them take flight We are strong and resilient Yet, we're weak when it comes to our best gift Construction We can change our minds As we change the world The world changes with our hands Our minds through non-hollow eyes Even the blind change As they show us our physical vulnerability As we construct demise for ourselves all the time Why do we not Build a paradise For all To grow and become wise? Thus is the tangled maze of flowery branches. From begotten to begetting To deathbedding We're all connected Such an idea Need not be Corrected We're

  • Babs Iverson2 years ago

    Superb nature poem!!! Loved it!!!❤️❤️💕

  • Cathy holmes2 years ago

    This is surreal. It's a dream. Very well done.

  • And do our hearts fail within the confines of this darkened garden, or do we find a way to go on?

  • Mark Graham2 years ago

    Love the rhymes and gives readers something to think about.

  • Why am I here? To gaze at the maze of mangled tangled petals with veins like an elderly’s time-worn skin? Geeze this is brilliant!

  • OH MY GOSH....this is mesmerizing, fabulously done

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