the secrets of the sky reveal itself
as cloud formations modify themselves
into obscurity of hovercrafts
pretending to be elephants
I tell it to the swaying kelp
I sing it to the trees themselves
my liver’s picked by buzzards
my brain cells multiply to galaxies
into thousands upon thousands
pillows made of eiderdown
as concrete spiderwebs dissolve
in relentless ocean waves
but still the soldier’s boots remain
in this gargantuan solitude

Today Anthony has dVerse poetics. I’m still not fully up to speed, but I couldn’t miss another prompt.
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July 29, 2014
Got to disagree, Bjorn–this, for me, is very up to speed. Many great images but the one that stands out for me is the brains cells/galaxies. Nice surrealism.
i think the boots of soldiers may ever remain…and hopefully you dont get sysiphus’ punishment…ha. and i think my brain cells might multiply or explode along those same lines…ha, feeling a bit offspeed myself…
Well done Bjorn–loved the Prometheus angle. >KB
No way Bjorn… this is well up to speed… loved my brain cells multiply to galaxies into thousands upon thousands…ending with the soldier’s boots added another element and makes me think of war… or someone who made it out alive
OH..i love to look at the sky and see all the designs of IS..that can be..when we use our tool of creativity of mind..in true patterned ways of making looking up..looking down…
free..to see..
whatever it is
our WILL to see…
never ever..made by some one
else…:)!
my favorite to this prompt… the visuals really make it… hovercrafts, brilliant
aha!! i can see you are truly submerged in dmt! 🙂
welcome back Bjorn. I’ve missed you posting. 🙂
This poem my friend is magnificent and lots of surrealism in its symbolism. I love it very much…great writing my friend. 🙂
love the hovercrafts pretending to be elephants. Very dreamlike indeed!
Lovely images Bjorn and I love the way the poem flows, so well done.
How very imaginative specially: hovercrafts
pretending to be elephants
Good one Bjorn ~
The soldier boots….it seems the world will never be rid of those.
A very evocative write, Björn! Nice to see you back.
had my head in the cloud formations and then brought down to earth with the boots – liked your imagery very much K
Far out, brother; deep, hallucinatory, yet never losing poet’s eye & tongue; ever the crusader, even stoned immaculate.
Well, I think you nailed it Bjorn..those boots will always remain..
I think it is surreal as surreal can be. There’s magic, there’s sadness, and the contrast between the grandness of the galaxies and the soldier’s solitude.
images of galaxies, loved livers picked by buzzards, hidden truth in this.
Bjorn, A very imaginative piece that forms many types of images. Well done. 🙂 —Susan
I liked the Promethean reference and the goose feathers !
that’s some surreal imagery!
Björn, for the uninitiated this was difficult to understand… but then I looked up dVerse and suddenly the veil was lifted! I think.
It is a dream sequence; yes?
My favorite lines in your piece:
“…my brain cells multiply to galaxies
into thousands upon thousands
pillows made of eiderdown…”
It made me think of the mathematics of fractals and I saw brain cells spinning off into ethereal forms.
Am I onto your meaning?
I tried to write it in a state of dreaming.. But yes it could well be.
I too like the visual of the hovercraft pretending to be elephants…and felt a pang of sadness at those empty soldier’s boots. Excellent, Bjorn.
hovercraft pretending to be elephants and buzzards picking at your liver as brain cells expand into galaxies…this is quite a trip of interesting visuals.
You’re as up to speed as the galaxies, Bjorn…glad you’re back from your trip!
Your dream is vivid…it reminds me of a strobe light distorting the normal around you.
What a lovely way to say the struggle of a soldier , he stands for us but we never think of whats happening to them and we live a nomad life
whether it’s real or surreal..a soldier boots will remain.. the image of brain cells multiplying…well it’s surreal:)
You nailed the intrigue and craziness of the dream state. Loved your visuals and images. I thought my dreams were crazy wild, but yours def trump mine. LOL