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myLot reputation of 89/100. Angelwhispers (4595)   ranked 1 out of 4 in poetry and prose3 years ago

As long as I can remember, I have had a recurring dream. Most of the time it is a pleasant dream but sometimes can turn nightmarish. I dream that I am wandering through a grand home, searching for something, I never know what. The drapes are rich velvets as are the furnishings. There are grand pianos, the hallways meander from room to room. I am looking through drawers, boxes, anything I can. Always in the dream the house at some point starts a decline, the floors become unstable, there are holes in the walls and ceilings, the drapes and furniture become moth eaten and dusty. Sometimes I will find a fire in a room, at which point I wake.
With that being said a few years ago I came across a piece of prose written by Abhjit Sagnik Sengputa. It was as if he had taken my dream and put words to it. I simple was in awe. I hope you all enjoy it also. I would love a discussion on the piece with those of you who enjoy this kind of thing.

The Rose Inlaid
Blue wasn't blue
Behind the old kettle and rusty cannon
stood the old bolts and brass
mirrors, curtains and mahogany doors
Shackled...
Shackled words of history roam
inlaid ivory...chipped china...incomplete
hide the midnight
romance the old artist
Cadence of his chisle
on stone.
Blue wasn't blue
Saw the death
Shot in the head
Behind the smoke..marble turned red
Breathing the same sunset
bleeding inks calligraphy...history
Inlaid
Shackled wasn't his dream yet...escape
with me, my wondering steps
Roaming the continents to another century
Near the fireplace Sagnik
were you fell asleep last night
Take the dry rose to her
wipe away her tears
Who knows it may bloom again
The old artists last wish
forgotten
Behind the fortress
She'll untie her hair
Sparkles of 'pendant between her restless cusps
Candles kisses embroidered velvets
of her forbidden love
Go Sagnik go, take the rose
while they both still wait.



 
 
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Script (397) response was accepted on 2/8/2007.
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tags:  dreams, poetry, symbolism, poems, embroidered
 
1. myLot reputation of 57/100. architcool (2026)   ranked 4 out of 4 in poetry and prose   3 years ago

well what is all this da?

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2. myLot reputation of 96/100. kitchenwitchoftupper (1379)   ranked 2 out of 4 in poetry and prose   3 years ago

Angel,
It is clear to see how you are able to interpret the dream to fit with the poem. The poem is very beautiful with haunting touches of sadness.
In my opinion (which counts for very little, mind you!), it seems that you are searching (perhaps for your "faith path"), and finding faults with each new path you come across - this could be totally unconscious. This may not be true - you could be seeking something totally different; as in a new job, new lover, new house, new whatever, and finding faults with each one of them. Good Luck on your Journey~donna


myLot reputation of 89/100. Angelwhispers (4595)   ranked 1 out of 4 in poetry and prose  3 years ago

I am never quite sure of what I am searching for in these dreams, not even sure if it matters to me at the time. And you hit the nail on the head the head about the poem being haunting and sad. The houses that I am roaming though certainly are. The only time I wake and feel anxious over the dream is when the dream takes a turn towards being nightmarish. I appreciate your comments,Thank you.

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3. myLot reputation of 97/100. Script (397)   ranked 3 out of 4 in poetry and prose   3 years ago

It is a very beautiful poem veiled in sadness, but heartbreakingly beautiful. I have never read any poetry written by Abhjit Sagnik Sengputa, but I am taking notes and will look up some of his work.
Dreams are incredible manifestations! I love thinking about the subconcious that turns up in our dreams.
I think from how you are describing your dream it is indead a journey as 'kitchen' said. Fire in dreams represents transformation on many levels. It can suggest that something old is passing and something new is entering your life. I guess it's kind of a metaphor for transformation.
You're not being burnt by the fire so I'm thinking that whatever transformation is occuring (if indeed there is one!) then you have it under control.
It kind of makes sense though in the context of searching through this huge old house, in drawers and boxes. Then it is you see everything old, perhaps representing the past. Then the fire, representing transformation.
Anyway, just my amateur opinion on symbolism in dreams. I'd love for anyone else out there to offer an opinion also. And thankyou for sharing this dream...


myLot reputation of 89/100. Angelwhispers (4595)   ranked 1 out of 4 in poetry and prose  3 years ago

I am glad you enjoyed it. When I read it the first couple of times I actually thought that it was the "old artist" that died. The Shot in the head.. but rereading several more times I came to the conclusion that is was indeed the death of the house and that the "old artist" was its architect. The pro offered rose his call to restore while both the rose and the house were still there. I could be wrong and if you or anyone else think so I would like to hear.

You know you make good sense here as does witch, I went to sleep this morning thinking of your post and I believe my life has always been in a state of change, beginning at about 6 years old and probably when I first started remembering the dreams.

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4. myLot reputation of 95/100. laltu86 (1304)   3 years ago

A very nice and touchy poem i would say, mixed with the valoures of sadness and pain it has the hint of lights also.
Dreams like the one yuo just told is not very common with me,
but its very dillucinating one i guess.


myLot reputation of 89/100. Angelwhispers (4595)   ranked 1 out of 4 in poetry and prose  3 years ago

Thank you laltu, This is by far one of my favorite pieces of prose. the author has some astounding work. I sometimes enjoy my dream of rambling old houses as I said before but they do always turn sad.

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