Dreams for Sale

by Amilo   Mar 31, 2005


In this poem "dreams" are not referring to one’s hopes and fantasies of the future, but the dreams which visit you at night.

-Dreams for Sale-

dreams for sale
in classic glass jars rimmed
with a reflective silver,
the same silver lining
of the gray slate clouds

your hands brush past
the dreams of wealth
that you have plenty of
and the jar of love slip past your fingers
love has already betrayed you.

with a pocketful of change
you purchase the jar of joy
tonight, you will ponder not your broken heart
nor your pain
of always being alone

you shall have dreams of happiness
smiling, until you awaken
back to the cruelness of reality
and here
happiness is not for sale

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  • 18 years ago

    by Tammy

    Nice write! I truly enjoyed it. Great imagination.
    Take care & God bless

  • 18 years ago

    by FTS Miles

    Admittedly, if it had not been for your explanation at the beginning of the poem, I would have thought you were talking about the dark seductions of drugs... how they never truly are the answer but perhaps for an ever shortening moment.

    In that light, it was an interesting walk. With the explanation, I felt that the words were perhaps too blatant, too cliché.

    That said, there's a certain resonance to the cliché considering what you did explain... after all, sometimes clichés are axioms as well as ubiquitized statements.

  • 18 years ago

    by pinkalias

    I admit, it's not one of my favorites from you.

    Generally I really liked it for the meaning which you portrayed in the symbols was beautiful and poignant. But, I do think the symbols of which you used were far too bluntly stated

    "and the jar of love slip past your fingers
    love has already betrayed you."

    "you purchase the jar of joy"

    "happiness is not for sale"

    I think these words are far too commonly used to be taken into poetic substance. My advice: use more profound words with the same meaning, or definition of the material in the "jars" which you use. I think it would come out more poetically structured that way.

    I did love these lines though,
    "dreams for sale
    in classic glass jars rimmed
    with a reflective silver, "
    Lovely imagery and symbolism and imagery portrayed.

    ummm I'm rating it a four because since you added the explanation of the piece I can add it into all of your stanzas and see the full meaning, but I still don't think this is your best.

  • 18 years ago

    by No Motiv?

    wow....not much I can say....beautiful poem, though. I enjoyed it a lot....good work.