I’m tempted: Was it just a dream? Perhaps it was what’s real? Reminded things aren’t as they seem, But how it lingers still.
Linked to dVerse Poetics where Lillian is hosting with the theme of dreams and dreaming.
Dream
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LOVE these images! For me they illustrate the haziness of a dream after we awaken…and sometimes they don’t come back to us for several hours and they are hazy recollections….real? Not real? Dreamed? Imagined? Seen some other time? The mist in the illustrations is perfect for that hazy recollection we have! Well done!
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Thank you, Lillian! Sometimes it is hard to see clearly through the fog.
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For me, the only dreams that linger are the really unsettling ones, Frank. The ones I want to remember just vanish.
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I keep forgetting them as well. Thank you, Kim!
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Lovely photographs, Frank. Truly unreal.
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Thank you, Jane!
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🙂
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I have had dreams like that. There’s that old question as well – are you a man dreaming of being a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming of being a man?
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Yes, it is like that. Thank you, Sarah!
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You’re right Frank, it doesn’t matter if it was a dream or if it was real, its residue remains.
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It does remain. Thank you, Jade!
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Sometimes the border between dreams and reality is a thin veil of mist
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Thank you, Bjorn!
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Great photo! Reflective waters…lingering and wondering was it, is it real? Nice Frank!
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Thank you, Mary!
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a dream or just more late night thinking – well said about how dreams can carry into wakefulness.
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Thank you, Gina!
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The feeling often lingers, even if it all seems misty. Wonderful photo, too.
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Thank you, Merril!
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Dreamy ❤️
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Thank you, Elizabeth!
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oh you capture the haziness and yet the mysterious permanence of dreams
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Thank you!
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you’re welcome, Frank!
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The beautiful dreamland, wish it is always there…
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Thank you, Vandana!
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Dreams that linger are generally the ones that create anxiety for me. Peaceful ones generally go away peacefully 🙂
Loved the poem Frank.
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Thank you!
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so succinct yet so profound … love this!
And the mist looks dreamy 🙂
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Thank you, Kate! I am glad you like the mist. I wish I had more photos of it.
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they will happen in time, really appreciate your pics 🙂
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This is an excellent observation, Frank. When our lives so often manifest themselves into our dreams, why shouldn’t our dreams return the favor?
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Thank you, Ken!
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There is a thin line between dreams and reality and only the dreamer really knows. I love the photos they have a mystical feel as if entering a dream.
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Thank you, Truedessa!
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Your words, succinct, condensed truth and essential question. Your images haunting and evocative. Absolutely gorgeous. How can you so effectively transport me in four short lines?
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Thank you, Victoria!
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Lovely mist in your words and photos…exquisitely paired, Frank!
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Thank you, Lynn!
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I love the weave between real and dream, and the question of what is real.
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Thank you!
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My pleasure Frank, wonderful read
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Smiles Frank Your Last Poem so
inspiring the Dream that is Real
in deed Finding out in Life in
Hell That Yes Heaven
is Real i was always
there from
the
Beginning of Life..
Just didn’t know what
the other place was fully like..:)
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Experiencing hell makes one appreciate heaven. Thank you, Fred!
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Weather a Bit
Dreary today
But Sunny Within
SMiLes To Real MaGiC
Franks
And Thanks!
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Beautiful Frank. These photos are awesome too!
Pat
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Thank you, Pat!
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Awesome your post
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Thank you, Diana!
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