Bright stars shine above you
in a quiet peaceful night.
You enter the pool too
wanting to feel great delight.
The warmth of the water
embraces you against the cold
you are a dreamwalker
ready for secrets to unfold.
Water is pure illumination
little palm trees surround you.
Feel the million bubbles sensation
your eyes closed see all so true.
Your mind, your body and soul
sense this great unique pleasure
experience it as a whole
keep it as your treasure.
Water under full moon, bright glow
we will have to leave quite soon
the other pools are all below.
A neat and modern version
of baths from ancient Rome
where you find relaxation
and try to feel at home.
Lukewarm water, just step inside
now the hottest pool and your last try
the Frigidarium lays beside
the coldest water won’t make you die.
Jacuzzi baths, special showers
this one, the shower of dreams
you could stay for many hours
nothing is what it seems.
You think of those left behind
who fought for our freedom
today Muriel’s (1) on your mind
brave woman with her wisdom.
A cat I once saw, jumped so high
so confident on top of a shower
at someone’s home, that is no lie
the cat conquered a defensive tower.
The natural enemy was not defied
I saw the water running below
the cat’s confidence was partly denied
the owner would come as you should know.
Human nature is not so different
as far as confidence, not as showers
the shower of dreams makes you confident
a joy in this spa that shows its powers.
You bathe in its beautiful colors
a rainbow of million pearls frozen
on your skin the most pleasant odors
the shower of dreams is what you’ve chosen.
(1) Muriel Casals was a Catalan pro-independence leader who died February 2016.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Casals_i_Couturier
© November 2017 Marta Pombo Sallés
So wonderful!
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Thank you so much, Bill. Reading your latest work right now… also with dreams! Dreams of romance…
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Yes!! Serendipitous!!
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Marta, this is beautifully worded! What a pleasure it was to read!
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Thank you, Tony. Your comment means a lot to me. I love spas. They are highly inspiring.
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Wow beautifully penned, and I love the rhyme
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Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed this poem.
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My pleasure
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I read this poem several times, yesterday, but I didn’t write my comment since I felt I should read it carefully again. Here, I am reading again, and at the same time, writing a comment. This is a fine blend of fantasy and reality or in other words, reality lying deceptively in fiction!! 🙂
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I like your analysis, Newton. Reality and fiction together, yes, I guess it reflects my soul. A friend once said I am like a balloon that wants to fly, but also has a very thick rope tied to the Earth. 😉
Reality is not especially promising in our new world dark age, plus when certain events affect you first hand you realize there are masks that have fallen now. Everything was a theatrical farce to any reasonable person living in Spain, in what apparently looked like a democratic state. And we, people from Catalonia, just wanted to vote peacefully to exercise our legitimate right to self-determination. And what did we get, instead? The Spanish police acting like an army of war on October 1, 2017, injuring peaceful voters mercilessly, democratically elected leaders jailed or exiled, artists prossecuted, political prisoners on hunger strike Gandhi-like…. Right now we are in the middle of the tunnel but I see a light in the distance. There is always hope: https://momentsbloc.wordpress.com/2017/10/09/when-tomorrow-comes/
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I can see a similar; no I would say, a worse situation in my homeland, Sri Lanka, as well. We have been turned into just spectators. !! 🙂
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Yes, agree, it is worse in your homeland. However, we should never lose hope. Look at Erica Chenoweth’s video about nonviolent civil resistance movements: https://momentsbloc.wordpress.com/2018/06/19/non-violence-suceeds/
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I really enjoyed this as it allows us to feel the shower of make believe over come our fears. You have done such a wonderful work on this poem Marta. Thank you for creating this for our eyes and souls !!
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You are welcome, James. So glad you enjoyed it.
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I really did. Your poems bring things to life. Such incredible ideas springing out at us in each one that I have read so far Marta !!
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Thank you so much again for taking the time to read my blogposts and to write such encouraging comments. I am flattered.
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You are very welcome. I know here on wordpress.com we all support each other and encourage others as we are encouraged by our peers. You will find this to be true, I did.
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Yes, me too.
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Good to hear
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Wow! Lovely!
And the titles you choose are so inviting… beautiful!
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Thank you again, Soumya. So glad you enjoyed this poem.
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Only Dreams could Shower so.
😉
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Yes, dreams that often intermingle with the sad reality at the same time. Thank you again for your lovely comments, Shiva!
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