Poem – The Waking Nightmare (By Henryk Baranski)

The Waking Nightmare

 

IN THE WAKE

OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS

I RISE AND BLINK

 

HAVE I BEEN LAUGHING

HAVE I BEEN CRYING

HAVE I BEEN AFRAID

OR EXALTED

 

HAVE I SEEN MY UNCONSCIOUS

HAVE I BEEN TO OTHER WORLDS

HAVE I SEEN THE OTHER

OR IS IT ALL BUT

A DREAM

 

WHERE I WEPT

AND RAN

AND FLEW

AND SEARCHED THROUGH

MY CHILDHOOD HOUSE

SEEKING KNOWLEDGE

AND TRUTH

AND REDEMPTION

 

HAVE I COMMUNED

WITH THE DEAD?

 

[su_henryk_baranski]