It’s not Pandora’s Box
But stay away, they say…
I give in to curiosity
for a jar of dreams
gone rancid
the dreamers floated away
to destinations
where dream dimensions
undergo transformation
It is the disappointment
they carefully disguise
hence the rules
Stay away…
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poignant and powerful. 👏 Beautifully written. ✨
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Thank you so much, Lesley!
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‘a jar of dreams gone rancid.’ ‘It is the disappointment
they carefully disguise.’ what an amazing expression. Beautully written poem, Reena.
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It is the first line I thought of, and it has attracted so much attention.
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Oh! Even though there are disappointments along the way, I like the reality highlighted in this piece. Nice one, Ma’am. 🙂
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Thank you, Aishwarya!
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Dreams going rancid, is sad 🥲 Poor Pandora.
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It is. But ask an old person. Many of them will have these stories.
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Sadness beautifully rendered, reena…
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Thank you so much, Frewin!
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How interesting to think that Pandora herself might have had a whole closet full…boxes, jars, bottles full of trouble. Spoiled dreams, spilt milk, and more. I love this.
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You are giving ideas for another piece, but it will be longer than a Quadrille 😃 Thanks so much!
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Love this poem.
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Thanks, Diana!
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Ooooh, edgy! Those jarred stars have sharp sides… but its the concealed disappointment that saddens me most…
Hoping that it’s “only a story”… Though life has highs and lows, and sometimes we access the spaciousness to let them be what they are….
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I like “accessing the spaciousness”. Thanks a ton for the insightful comment.
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Dreams gone rancid…..what an amazing description of the dreams that either never come true…or do, just not with the results we would have liked.
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Thank you so much, Lillian!
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Very clever idea.
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Thanks so much!
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Most welcome
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