Driving Home and Dreaming of Christmas

by dollwithafrown   Dec 14, 2009


Curling under cotton wool and humming
tunes only James recognizes is golden;
writing words and creating legacies,
unknown and unloved, but always,
(always),
remembered,
simply for how burning
the passion was, or simply for how misunderstood
was the creator.

(question?)

and sleepless nights are piling high;
gingerbread lattes only get you so far,
every car faces a car crash; not all are able
to miss it;
very little are able to survive it if they don't.
I can't stay awake anymore;
(the caffeine is running dry).

snow laces the icy ground like fireworks;
pretty pictures paint my mind shades of
colours I'm all too familiar with,
and yet I've never seen before.
Santa says hello, you know,
(santa says hello).

eyelids dripping, pupils swollen -
can't see, too tired.
Christmas signs,
happy holidays:
will I wake up in the morning and open
presents with the family?

gingerbread lattes only get you so far,
and only some cars survive the car crash,
(far too sleepy, can no longer see)
wake up, James, you're falling asleep,
your heart's no longer beating;
the golden tunes are quiet.
merry christmas, everyone.

(will I wake up in the morning?)

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  • 14 years ago

    by Rocky

    I've found this a very hard poem to comment on. i think it is because i have had to read it a few times to have some idea of the allegory you have used in it. which is a good thing as many poems are just so simple or meaningless and filled with cliches, that they are not very interesting at all.
    the only negative thing i can really say about it is that in a few lines the flow was thrown a bit off as i read it aloud. but that may just be the way i read it. otherwise i really liked the poem, the style you writ it in is refreshingly oiginal. i like how you have decided to say what you wanted to say instead of trying to fit what you wanted to say in a rhyme scheme. also how you have repeated certain words in brackets is very effective. i think i may have to remember that when i write some new poems. and as for the allegory, it seems to me you have used riding in a car to a relationship. and christmas as the goal your driving towards, as christmass is traditionaly related to comfort and love and happiness and maybe even a family etc. but it seems you are both falling asleep and forgetting this, heading towards fights and a break up. i especially liked "wake up, James, you're falling asleep,
    your heart's no longer beating;" it seems he is forgetting how much he loves you and is falling asleep and your trying to get him to wake up before it is to late. maybe i am wrong in how i read the allegory in this poem but i dont think so. so very good poem. i really liked it

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