My dreams are thieves, strange and strained
they trespass, sneak on plimsoll soles at night.
My dreams are knives and satin, a morning sated,
they are odd solutions infinitely non-convergent.
My dreams are roses left on coffins,
sunshine six feet under.
My dreams are endless ends of cancelled shows.
But my dreams have no beginnings.
Today we are to recycle old prompts at toads. I chose an old Flash 55. I will also link to PU tomorrow morning.
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May 6, 2017

Oh, brilliant!
Love this!!!
This is a different view of “follow your dreams”
A lot of paradoxes presented. And the icing on the cake is when you say
“But my dreams have no beginnings”
Very interesting Björn
Much love…
That’s a very sharp circle…
Perfect
Anna :o]
Great one Bjorn…especially endless ends of cancelled shows!
A depressing set of dreams – perhaps some hot milk before bed would help?
I never ceases to amaze me how responses to prompts are so different! We both chose Flash 55 PLUS and you wrote wistfully about dreams while I went scientific with symbiosis! I love the opening lines:
‘My dreams are thieves, strange and strained
they trespass, sneak on plimsoll soles at night’.
Water everywhere with these dreams with no beginning sink. Well done!
Those plimsolls rock quite wonderfully – and love the grafitti
sneaker dreams – love that allusion.
Dreams are thieves that not only disturb sleep but more often leave you dissatisfied on waking with questions that remain unanswered.
I like the fantastical imagery.
I love this, especially love dreams being roses on caskets six feet under. Wow. It’s got me thinking about what else dreams are.
My dreams are ends of cancelled shows, followed by the image is so powerful. Lots of cancelled shows going on in these troubled times.
This is very sad all dreams need a beginning, somewhere to go. In the end I often wonder who will remember my dream, who will leave a rose of remembrance.
This seems right to me! No beginnings, and perhaps no endings…just continuing night pics.
Dreams never ends too. Really love the first two lines the most, Bjorn
From the title, I expected something different, but I love the challenging direction you took it in. There is so much bite in this piece that when you go back and read the title again, you almost want to read it aloud with clenched teeth.
Ahhh! You had me from that marvelous first line.
Good Grief! I’m going out to smoke a number 😦 I hope that guys shit comes back 🙂
That last stanza tugs my heartstrings!
These are more like nightmares that shouldn’t be followed ….
My dreams are roses left on coffins,
sunshine six feet under……I just love this.
I like this Bjorn. Unfulfilled dreams are sad and yes, they seem to have no beginning or explanation for being.
I think that the seed of our dreams is planted, long before we dream. We, usually, take no notice of it. We control so very little of our destiny, in this world. That, I suppose, is the dirty little secret about dreams … and life in general. “My dreams are endless ends of cancelled shows.”: sad, but oh-so-true.
I find dreams both fascinating and informative, but can also understand your take on them. They mysterious things and can haunt us as well,
Elizabeth
I liked reading this, Bjorn. Especially the perpetual dream. I had a few recurring dreams that lasted years and years, but are gone entirely now. I also chose the Flash 55, I used the first picture on Margaret’s Artistic though, possibly with a trespassing blackbird on the fence.
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I dream wide awake since insomnia steals those that come in sleep. There is that odd feeling, They just appear….It takes a lot of soul searching to find their beginnings.
This is soo incredibly heart-stirring, Bjorn!❤️
sharp as that knife ~
What a brilliant take 🙂
Thieves, yes! They take something from our consciousness to play havoc with one’s imaginations!
Hank
I reblogged your post.
Wow!😀
Hi!
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Thank you! 😀
dreams you see with open eyes should be followed…