I dreamed about my Dad: A poem 

I dreamed… 

that I was standing under a tree 

and my Dad fell into my arms  

like a leaf 

And when I turned the leaf over 

in my palms, 

it became an encumbering star 

I could hear the echoes of the universe 

laughing along with my jubilation 

that my Dad was returned to me 

I just battled all of eternity  

doing the things I had to do 

against an eternal darkness 

that endeavoured to have me undone 

For this enchanting moment, 

could I have traded everything else that I loved? 

I know how my aspiration has been made the executioner of my love  

And even my loves have been pitted against each other 

like gladiators, that I must take great pains to restrain from hurting each other 

Must I always have such a fate, so replete with ignominy 

 that every collateral damage must only be self-inflicted (on me)?  

Those partisans (politicians) who want to gain from my predicament 

should only be besieged with my hate 

Do you think I do not love my Mother? 

Or everybody else that I love? 

I am only God 

who is waiting patiently for the universe 

to contract to the point of Paradise 

where I can stake a claim to all I love 

free of the never-ending poison of the evil hijacking tormentor  

Published by montecyril

Hi, I am Monte Cyril Rodrigues and live in Melbourne, Australia. I am a retired journalist. I have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. I've had voices and visions all my life. I think it is a spiritual experience, my doctors think otherwise. I am a deeply spiritual person and keep having experiences with otherworldly realms.

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