Sunday, April 3, 2011

Another Real

The dream shatters
with the noise of morning,
so delicate is the night.
Morning rises, gray and wet,
intensifying the disconnect.
Real seems less concrete,
like it could simply be a message
from another real, onto my own.
And, what I see with my eyes
and touch with my hands
could shatter.
Just like the dream.
I hold the counter for balance,
then pick up an apple.
I can feel the resistence of the skin
as I bite and hear the solid crunch.
Juice trickles down my chin
and I let it roll down,
tucking under my chin.
My vision clears as two worlds
rejoin as one.
Real.
Again.

*In response to Sunday Scribblings #261
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9 comments:

  1. Jae RoseApril 3, 2011 at 10:00 AM

    Wonderful..image after image drawing us in..it's always such a disappointment leaving the land of dreams isn't it..simply delicious..with a slight hint of the sour skin found on a 'Granny Smith' apple..Lorry loads of praise!Jae :)

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  2. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis HallApril 3, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    lovely words..

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  3. MERYL JAFFE, PhD - parent, psychologist, teacher, author...April 3, 2011 at 1:05 PM

    Nice poem. Interesting that you chose an apple to connect... biblical reference?
    Meryl
    http://departingthetext.blogspot.com

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  4. Jerry WalravenApril 3, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    Thanks Jae, Jingle and Meryl. No intentional biblical reference. I just like apples :)

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  5. AnonymousApril 3, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    "A message from another real, onto my own," great turn of phrase. Glad to have found you on Sunday Scribblings! This is a thoughtful, well-written poem.

    Here's my Sun Scrib:
    http://sharplittlepencil.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/message-in-a-bottle-napowrimo-3/

    Peace, and glad to have "met" you,
    Amy Barlow Liberatore

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  6. Jerry WalravenApril 4, 2011 at 5:23 AM

    Thanks Amy. What's funny is I think I found Sunday Scribblings via Sharp Little Pencil.

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  7. AnonymousApril 4, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    i like the idea of an apple being the captapult for an everyday reality...

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  8. Jerry WalravenApril 5, 2011 at 4:11 AM

    Thanks pieceofpie. I am bit fan of apples both the real ones and the computing ones.

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  9. Jae RoseApril 5, 2011 at 5:21 AM

    thanks for following Jerry.. Jae

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