Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
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Missing sleep, While Lost In Vivid Dreamlands
Babies crawl with moonbeam lasers - shooting from their eyes Flying pigs and donkeys - chase a passing car I sit and stare with wide eyed wonder While a band of chimpanzees, take song requests - down at the local bar I walk across the parking lot, a shortcut to the diner The waitress - a mannequin, wearing skates I order from the menu and right before my eyes A hippopotamus juggles - flaming forks and plates Such a grand menagerie - yet no one seems to notice The alien collecting old papers and tin cans They are all too busy dancing to the clan of rowdy monkeys Who have added trapeze artists to their band I pause for just a moment as an eagle passes by Some normalcy, in this warped and crazy world Cotton candied clouds release paper snowflakes from the sky As the waitress brings my milk, expired and curdled I leave my money on the table, as I make my way back home I need to get a grip and try to get some sleep There is no explaining, whatsoever - the scene that’s being shown As Amazon delivers my count by number sheep
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden3 years ago in Poets
The Moon Rents A Room
Hunted like an animal Heart racing like a train What makes me dream a dream like this How is this even in my brain The moon cycles like a ferris wheel My feet never touch the ground I’m hiding from the hunter Like a rabbit - from a hound The moonlit sky reveals me Hard to hide amidst the light The shadows have befriended me As long as I don’t put up a fight They gift me secrets of the dark Tell tales few would dare believe Keep their cards close to their chest And aces up their sleeves I haven’t figured out yet How to take my chance and flee I must wait for the daylight to break to shed these sheets and leave No, there aren’t monsters in my closet They don’t lurk beneath my bed They roam around like they own the place In the front lobes of my head
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden3 years ago in Poets
A Dreamers Contradiction
Fingertips reach for the ceiling My mind surrenders to the past Images form a shape From the shadows that I cast Though time is moving slowly My mind is racing pretty fast At this pace I wonder can I survive or just outlast The pull is pure and strong My will succumbing to the call I turn to run away Lose my footing and I fall Into a wall of flowers Yearning to bask in moonlight rays My reflection now unclear I see something resembling my face It mimics what do But something is wrong - I’m feeling strange My room is not the same Everything completely rearranged My voice is not my own Sounds like a songbird leave my mouth I try again to speak, but only musics coming out The image of my body lying peacefully in bed While a mirage of marching bands play symphonies inside my head I lay perfectly still Like I’m frozen or I’m dead I feel each emotion coming for me Like a raging sea of dread Someone - please come wake me up before the sun breaks through the blinds Save me from the things I keep locked up here, inside my mind Real or a dream- I simply can no longer tell Reality is my minds latest fiction My life’s a constant struggle, stolen from a movie screen A nightmare or a restless dreamers contradiction
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden3 years ago in Poets
Leave Me Alone, I Said To Myself
So, where have you been? I’ve been waiting for you A voice asks me - from inside my head * I answered hesitantly What are you doing here? As I restlessly flail in my bed * I thought I told you to leave me alone My meds are meant to keep you away The voice turns to laughter and then says to me, there is no way to keep me at bay * What you don’t understand and refuse to admit Your control becomes mine when you sleep I, your subconscious - have a plan and agenda, and a limited time frame to keep * So just lay back and relax - I’ll let you know when I’m done Take a breath and relinquish your inhibitions Don’t worry, you won’t remember - it’ll be fun You should ignore any future premonitions * When the moon comes and peeks in your window The light shines on you - lost deep in dreams Nothing is at all what it looks like What you see isn’t always what it seems * But you’re wrong, I said, I always remember These dreams that I have when you come They are vivid and I relive them for hours They make me feel like I’m coming undone * The next thing I know I am awakening As the sun makes it’s way through the shade Remembering every event of my nightmare Reliving it - while wide awake
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden3 years ago in Poets
