BAD DREAM -Conflicted-

Bad Dream


I wake with
High hopes
A lifetime flaw

My Dad passed on

Much too often
These hopes
Dissolve quickly

Extant no longer

The deep
Sudden plunge
Engulfs my sobs

My whimpers muffled

Duty-bound
Family burden
Becomes my charge

Presumed expected

It seems
A long time ago
I felt so alive

Must resuscitate

Emotional drains
Restless slumbers
Exhausting nightmares

Wake me up

Longing to feel
That glimmer
Of hope

 

Spring 2012