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Stone Skies

Stopping along the way

I touched the skies of gray

Turning them into stone

As well as the horse I'm on

And when I started again

The world was turned outside in

And lava flowed through veins

Below caverns where I remain

When I looked above my head

There were caskets of the dead

Floating like stars in muddy skies

While corpses flew without their eyes

All of this just worried me so

I decided I had to go

So I rode through the bottom of Hell

Got singed and began to yell

The world started to shake

and I dreamt I was awake

Now as I stand here on solid ground

I'll never forget the horrid sound

Of a world moaning in pain

While I sleep the sleep of the insane~





Poetry by Kathy Lockhart
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Written on 2008-10-25 at 01:58

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M Heathcote
While I sleep the sleep of the insane: I've had an out of body experience like this which I know my mother also has. But this one I had was well weird. Not only was I aware of floating above myself I was also aware of lying in my bed asleep in a dream, and aware that my eyes were fully open.
As though I had three separated consciousness, with each one asking the same question? Which one am I who is the real me. Loved your poem bookmarked.
2008-11-02


Ropawil
My worst nightmares were never like this.
This heart melts for you.
Please don't write stuff like this again it scares the **** out of me.
Big hugs.
2008-11-02


Elizabeth Rose
there are so many emotional visuals here. bookmarked.
2008-11-01


Daybreaker
The five last lines are superb. That's what it's all about. And you nailed it.

*BOOKMARKED*
2008-10-29


Rob Graber
"and I dreamt I was awake": Gotta love this line! Some folks say we live in but a dream of wakefulness. I don't hold with them: though the world sometimes seems insane, for the most part it is a lot more coherent than MY average dream...
2008-10-25



Great text as life can be a nightmare, dream on and as I like this very much.
2008-10-25


TubaGiant
I can't decide if I am creeped out
or think this is really cool
well actually whether or not I am creeped out has nothing to do with this being cool
good write
2008-10-25


Phyllis J. Rhodes
wooooo, this is creepy and neat at the same time. It sounds like a nightmare. It sounds like you just dropped in to see what condition your condition was in. Very interesting, as Arte Johnson would say. I really like this. I love the images that came to mind as I read each line.
2008-10-25