Dreaming

  • Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.

    If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!

    To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.
G

Galatea

Guest
#1
#1
If I am sleeping, do not wake me
In my slumber, you are there
If I wake and find you leaving
like a vapor, a mist dissolved in air-
My desolation would undo me,
Do not wake me, if you love me-
Let me stay inside my dream
I do not want upon awakening,
to stare into my abyss of despair.
While I'm sleeping you are with me

In my dreaming, you are there.
 
M

MorningFlower

Guest
#2
#2
Very nicely written. :) Sometimes dreams can be better than reality. ;) Especially the dreams where you can experience most of the things you'd like to experience, in a good way. Although; Often most dreams are rather strange, I think.
 
G

Galatea

Guest
#3
#3
MorningFlower said:
Very nicely written. :) Sometimes dreams can be better than reality. ;) Especially the dreams where you can experience most of the things you'd like to experience, in a good way. Although; Often most dreams are rather strange, I think.
Click to expand...
Yes, my dream is strange but much better than the reality of him not being there. The song "In Dreams" by Roy Orbison inspired it. The poem is not as good as his song, I messed up the rhythm a little on a couple lines. I should have polished it before posting, but was in a frenzy, so posted without thinking. That has become my motif, I do believe. Post first, think later. :)
 
M

MorningFlower

Guest
#4
#4
Galatea said:
Yes, my dream is strange but much better than the reality of him not being there. The song "In Dreams" by Roy Orbison inspired it. The poem is not as good as his song, I messed up the rhythm a little on a couple lines. I should have polished it before posting, but was in a frenzy, so posted without thinking. That has become my motif, I do believe. Post first, think later. :)
Click to expand...
Who are you dreaming about? Not so sure about whether it is about a man or God, have had both options in mind. I think you have written a very nice poem, whilst Roy Orbison have written a song, so these are two different things. ;)

Haha! "Post first, think later!" :)
 
G

Galatea

Guest
#5
#5
MorningFlower said:
Who are you dreaming about? Not so sure about whether it is about a man or God, have had both options in mind. I think you have written a very nice poem, whilst Roy Orbison have written a song, so these are two different things. ;)

Haha! "Post first, think later!" :)
Click to expand...
It is a man, who I love. God never leaves nor forsakes. So- no worries on that score.
 
J

Jennie-Mae

Guest
#6
#6
It was beautifully written, and this I seldom think, the rhythm caught your feelings red handed and the frenzy turned your creativity loose.
 
G

Galatea

Guest
#7
#7
Jennie-Mae said:
It was beautifully written, and this I seldom think, the rhythm caught your feelings red handed and the frenzy turned your creativity loose.
Click to expand...
Thank you, I'm better at prose than poetry. I got so immersed in college trying to write blank verse, it took me forever to write even a small poem. And even to me, they sounded juvenile- after all that effort. I gave it up pretty much after college. I don't think I have written a real poem in 15 years.
 
M

MorningFlower

Guest
#8
#8
Galatea said:
It is a man, who I love. God never leaves nor forsakes. So- no worries on that score.
Click to expand...
Okay. :) True about the last part you wrote, about God.

Galatea said:
Thank you, I'm better at prose than poetry. I got so immersed in college trying to write blank verse, it took me forever to write even a small poem. And even to me, they sounded juvenile- after all that effort. I gave it up pretty much after college. I don't think I have written a real poem in 15 years.
Click to expand...
poems can be written more simple than that, can also be to just express what you think and feel. :)
 
G

Galatea

Guest
#9
#9
MorningFlower said:
Okay. :) True about the last part you wrote, about God.



poems can be written more simple than that, can also be to just express what you think and feel. :)
Click to expand...
I realized I should have written "whom I love". My grammar is not always perfect, I fear.

Yes, that is the wonder of God. I don't know how He puts up with the lot of us, to be honest.

I know, but I like structure and form and admire it more than free style poetry.
 
M

MorningFlower

Guest
#10
#10
Galatea said:
I know, but I like structure and form and admire it more than free style poetry.
Click to expand...
Maybe you just prefer having some more challenges given to you within the written form in poetry? It is also nice to feel like having some challenges every now and then. :) I think you did very well, though... with writing this poem.
 
G

Galatea

Guest
#11
#11
MorningFlower said:
Maybe you just prefer having some more challenges given to you within the written form in poetry? It is also nice to feel like having some challenges every now and then. :) I think you did very well, though... with writing this poem.
Click to expand...
Thank you very much. I am no Dusty or Magenta. Those two are the best poets on the site, I do believe. You're not shabby at writing, yourself.
 
J

Jennie-Mae

Guest
#12
#12
Galatea said:
Thank you, I'm better at prose than poetry. I got so immersed in college trying to write blank verse, it took me forever to write even a small poem. And even to me, they sounded juvenile- after all that effort. I gave it up pretty much after college. I don't think I have written a real poem in 15 years.
Click to expand...
Are you writing novels? Sometimes I really wish I was able to create both poetry and poems, but the good Lord didn't find it suitable for me. Also it's a problem that I'm sort of in between two completely different languages, which takes a toll on the ability to express myself using either of them.
 
G

Galatea

Guest
#13
#13
Jennie-Mae said:
Are you writing novels? Sometimes I really wish I was able to create both poetry and poems, but the good Lord didn't find it suitable for me. Also it's a problem that I'm sort of in between two completely different languages, which takes a toll on the ability to express myself using either of them.
Click to expand...
No, I'm not writing. I fancied myself a writer- but realized I was mediocre, so didn't pursue it. I started writing novels and have ideas for them- but never buckled down and put the nose to the grindstone. I think I found out that I'd rather not publish than be mediocre.
 
kaijo

kaijo

Senior Member
#14
Jul 31, 2017
355
54
28
#14
MorningFlower said:
Who are you dreaming about? Not so sure about whether it is about a man or God, have had both options in mind.
Click to expand...
I think..thats one thing about...poems and songs.

Because they're so metaphorical...they could be viewed in completely different ways...yet, send just as much of an "impact" to each viewer ^^

Good job ^^
 
G

Galatea

Guest
#15
#15
Do not try to wake me.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.