Dad (dream poem)

This poem came to me in a dream - I did not remember all the lines in the dream so I made some up to fill in the gaps which I couldn't remember.


DAD - 

He showed me compassion
And taught me to grow
He showed me the most
Of what little I know

He gave me a vision
Of how great things could be
He showed me a way
That could set people free

He told me to cast
My net to the winds
For nothing can come
If I don't spread my wings

He showed me forgiveness
When I was real bad
So I'm lucky for sure
That he is my dad.

Siberia

I'm in the snowy wilderness of Siberia.
Its freezing cold but I have warm furs on.
I have an ally with me,
I'm not sure weather they are a physical ally or a spiritual ally,
but they make sure that I have enough meat to eat,
and look after me,
and guide me on every step of the journey.

Learning to fly (sky diving)

I'm at a swimming pool.

We are practicing our diving skills,
jumping in from the edge of the pool and seeing how high we can go.

Gradually we make our way up to higher and higher levels,
daring one another to take risks and jump from further up.

The swimming pool has become a lake now,
and it is surrounded by steep cliffs.

We hurl ourselves off the cliffs,
plummeting towards the water
as if we were dive bombing or something.

We somehow manage to avoid the rocks at the edge of the lake
and land safely in the water.

Now the lake has become a sea and the cliffs have become huge mountains,
miles above the sea with a huge cliff that towers above everything
 from which only the bravest divers jump from.

There are huge old beech trees growing on the edge of the cliff,
almost standing there as guardians of the cliff and the jumping spots.

Now I am just watching the experts do it.
 I see how the have to fly there body outwards like sky divers
 so that they steer their way into the sea safely.

There are cameras attached to their body so that people can watch
what the experience is like.

 One very experienced diver goes off the cliff backwards
and steers herself by looking up and over her head.

Bristol Choirs, Sheffield Gold

I am in Bristol and I find a choir to join.

It is a black gospel type choir and they are singing the really old style gospel
with the call and answer,
and lots of unison melodies and improvisation.
Its really good.

I see some of my Bristol friends there,
and after the singing I join them in a car.
 I'm not sure where we are going.
One of my friends is stuffing loads of sugary sweets into his mouth and talking nonsense.
He starts to annoy me so I decide to go back to the house,
upon which I meet another friend.

I'm in sheffield,
and am being told where gold lies.

 Its on the bit of field behind the woods where I used to sit.
 Now, this field has been turned into allotments,
 but in this dream the allotments are still there but they are different
 and I find an old passageway through them, with high walls.

I meet some of the old allotmenters.


There is conflict between 2 people I know and I am being shown the conflict.

I meet one of my female friends and she asks if she can massage me,
an I say yes.

pilgrimages in the Pennines

I am out on a big long family cycle holiday up a big hill in the North Pennines.
We are traveling along a ridge by the sea.

Its a pilgrimage route and as we travel we meet up with old church friends.
 I chat with JS. We talk about sciency spiritual stuff.

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I'm now In spain, with my brother joe and shrine
eating at a spanish restaurant high up above the town.
They have invested their money into buying a chain of spanish restaurants
 that do really nice food and drink as well as great music.

There is a musician playing at it this one,
and he is playing lots of classic tunes that everyone knows
and can sing along with. They are english tunes.

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I'm reading through writings about magic and magicians.
I'm reading writings written by my old teacher,
and he has some secret hidden writings that no one has ever read.
My mind focuses on a bit about Mr Mephistopheles.
This leads onto a mission across the city to get to this
special shop which I have to get to before it closes.
I fly across the city looking for this shop but I can't seem to find it.

I ask my old teacher and he points me in the right direction.
I have to find the long straight road which goes all the way up the hill
and then I will be fine.

The Shoe Compass

This is a really interesting place in the city,
it has very steep roads which wind and turn lots.

Somewhere around here the long straight road starts.
I find the beginning of the road and see the new
recycling bins at the beginning of it.

These are special new bins, where all gets recycled together.
The council have devised a new system
that makes it easy for people to recycle everything,
and so there is much less waste.

I see jo S. He's putting stuff in the bins, and so I learn about it from him.

I find stuff from the bins,
 firstly a load of delicious chocolate buns
which I eat hungrily,
and then I find home made spaghetti bolonaise
and sandwiches both in nice boxes,
 as if someone had left them here for me.

 After quite a time looking in the bins
I notice that the people at the bus stop on the other side of the road
have taken an interest in what I'm up to.
 They feel hostile but this is my judgment.
There are about three middle aged men.

I start running up the road to get away from them
but they chase after me.
They have got my shoes; I had left them at the bins.

They sing a song called the "Shoe compass" as they run pass me
 and throw me the shoes while singing...

"He's got the shoe shoe shoe shoe compass..." They chant with humour in their voices.

Entering the Summerlands, and airports

I am running towards the seasons
Spring is up there ahead,
And summer just beyond
The warmth and heat and light
Calls joyfully to my heart

I run with all the energy I've got
In great leaps and bounds
I see others running this way
And I'm excited to meet them and make new friends
In the summer lands

I see a group of young women making there way to the summer lands
And I grab one as I run along,
Separating her off from her friends
I hug her and hold her and kiss her in my excitement
And want to make her all mine
She is at first a little scared
But soon she's the one kissing me
The passion consumes us both and we enter the Summerlands


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I'm in my bedroom in Sheffield
I look out of the window
And a new cctv camera has been installed
Right outside my bedroom
Invading my privacy
I climb onto my roof to get a better look at it
I am naked
But I have wrapped a blanket round me


Some neighbors see me and get angry with me
They throw a rock through my window
Its bad news
I go down stairs and begin to clear the mess
I notice that a new development has started at the back
They are building an airport right next to my house.  This is why the
cctv is here. I notice that the camera is a big eye. It is looking
for me and I don't want it to find me.

I enter the airport. Its not a nice environment. So different from nature.

I want to change my reality so I become aware that I am dreaming and
tell myself to wake up - I am sure I am somewhere nice.