fleeting summer daydream

yoshikrab · 2024-03-31T20:12:42Z

fleeting summer daydream maybe if i try hard enough, those buried memories could return in their former glory, rather than remain as a fleeting summer daydream 2023 - MMXXIII - [ the sunken cathedral ] 2022 - MMXXII - [lost years . . .] 2021 - MMXXI - [ shoreline delirium ] Table of Contents I. sounds from the walls II. falling bird III. fleeting summer daydream IV. meaningless questions V. the boy at the bench VI. of 88 keys, icarus VII. on disapplication of death VIII. "his" twenty-third dream IX. for "you" X. bluejays XI. i wouldn't hurt a fly XII. time flies in a jail cell XIII. the air conditioner XIV. the king of calballabing XV. "we're almost there" XVI. and with a heavy heart, i regret to say XVII. toy soldier XVIII. shower thoughts XIX. dissociation XX. firebird XXI. they say every rose has its thorns XXII. a brief economics lesson XXIII. "his" eighth dream XXIV. sonnet of the lord of darkness XXV. moving on. moving out. moving away. XXVI. happy chicken XXVII. i noticed the sun was out XXVIII. arts and crafts XXIX. his ocean of imagination XXX. "conclusion"

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Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:41 pm

Spearmint says... · Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:41 pm

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lol i literally have an econ test tomorrow XDD anyways, love the combination of econ and poetry!

plus the twist at the end was super neat :] awesome job with all these poems, yosh!!

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Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:33 am

yoshikrab says... · Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:33 am

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@Spearmint that's actually so funny haha im also studying econ rn lol thats why i wrote it

they told me to never give up on my dreams.

so i took another nap

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Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:15 am

yoshikrab says... · Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:15 am

XXIII. "his" eighth dream

blue walls and no faces
i can faintly hear the sound
of spears and maces
smashing the ground

nothing has changed
even after eons of duress
i’m still estranged
from them, god bless

now i quietly cry
and my tears fill my cage
and so i will die
as i’m drowning in my rage

blue walls and gray faces
and i know they shall never return
from those wonderful places
for my courtroom will never adjourn

they told me to never give up on my dreams.

so i took another nap

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Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:18 pm

yoshikrab says... · Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:18 pm

XXIV. sonnet of the lord of darkness

and now i see the sun begin to dim
“why yes!”, i shout, for now i’ll never cry
my future, dark and desolate and grim
is here, and so i spread my wings and fly

the sky is black and all i see is death
the times have changed, but i am still unchanged
and now as i forget to draw my breath
i find a war-torn world, turned quite deranged

but now the lord of darkness is no more
and nothing can reverse the coming days
i sob, for if i saw this time before
perhaps the world would not be set ablaze

a thousand years have passed where i belong
and yet, a silent earth still sings its song

they told me to never give up on my dreams.

so i took another nap

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Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:11 pm

yoshikrab says... · Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:11 pm

XXV. moving on. moving out. moving away.

now i’m singing
lonely tunes to myself
and hearing voices in my head
but really i’m the one speaking

when will i
stop this madness?
nothing hurts more than hurt
and self-pity is induced by self

my pencil bag
can’t see my tears
for it’s much too deep
inside my backpack

so i guess i’ll
buy some new pencils
but no amount of ink or lead
can cover up my mistakes

they told me to never give up on my dreams.

so i took another nap

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Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:15 pm

yoshikrab says... · Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:15 pm

XXVI. happy chicken

and now this happy chicken
finally learns to fly, so fly he will
and he proudly flaps his wings
to enter the glorious

slaughterhouse

they told me to never give up on my dreams.

so i took another nap

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Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:20 pm

yoshikrab says... · Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:20 pm

XXVII. i noticed the sun was out

please close the curtains
my eyes have yet to adjust
to the blinding light

please, sit down, have a
chat with me, and discuss
pointless topics about

what exactly, you ask?
i don’t know either it’s
pointless, after all

paintless walls now
show frescoes of vivid
worlds and landscapes

would you escape the land
of freedom to live with me?
please close the curtains

they told me to never give up on my dreams.

so i took another nap

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Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:34 pm

yoshikrab says... · Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:34 pm

XXVIII. arts and crafts

shivering, shaking, breaking, broken
now i get less than four hours of sleep
while i weep and keep on trying to keep
you with me; why would you stay with me?

i have nothing left to give, i’m far past denial
and denied my acceptance, all i accept is defeat
and i complain every day.
question: have you ever complained before?
fun fact: it doesn’t make anything better

broken, pieces, piecing, together, something
new and improved, or so i’d like to say
but after you’ve cut apart a human
it can never retain its original shape

they told me to never give up on my dreams.

so i took another nap

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Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:21 pm

yoshikrab says... · Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:21 pm

XXIX. his ocean of imagination

after a thousand dreams have passed
he wakes up from his slumber
and reaches for the
darkest
memories from when
he was down under
the ocean of imagination

he’d never call them nightmares
no matter how scary
and even the
saddest
memories have yet
to make him shed a tear

he can feel the end is here
but he wishes to hold
those memories tight to himself
(finality)
there is no repeat
no second chances

even during his fleeting summer daydream
he can’t find his fingers
nor can he see his
eyes
he was lost within
his ocean of imagination

they told me to never give up on my dreams.

so i took another nap

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Wed May 01, 2024 2:04 am

yoshikrab says... · Wed May 01, 2024 2:04 am

XXX. "conclusion"

(for now, we have reached the)

when will i make my final friend?
i’m still eluded from the conclusion
in my delusion, i haven’t found the end
to my sonnet, but i’m still on it

i think my rhymes have gotten annoying
but really i’m just toying with the notion
that my ocean of words could form herds
of something other than nightmares

i found villains in bright lairs
rather than ominous ones
yet the predominant ones
still managed to escape from me

so now my nonsense which has reached
a fever pitch has bleached my room
and killed the groom, but left the bride
and now she’s all alone

on the phone with a devil
so disheveled and crying
dying, lying to herself
and no longer binds herself

to her earthly desires
and finds the flames and fires
so now she writes mediocre poetry

(end.)

they told me to never give up on my dreams.

so i took another nap

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