I Need a Dreamer

By Revolting Theatre

This is my last one until I can decide to part with some others...so here we go, oh yeah its still a work in progress.

To Begin...

Marlboro Red's
Rockstar Rampage and other leaks from my pen have led me to believe that when
The status quo of my life
-which is to say-
How the experience of my life is |right now|

"I," said the frail Cinna, "Have lost the will to write."
but pens are swords for poets, perhaps we've lost the will to fight.

I NEED A DREAMER
with strawberry lipgloss
with eyes and a mind and a scent
that makes me close my eyes.
I NEED A DREAMER
who is fed up with the blank expression in someone's eyes
when you ask them
"No, really, how have YOU been doing?"
Fed up with schedules, and dinner dates being prompt and dull, and suits, and starbucks/wal-mart/coca-cola/the gap and any other distraction from this constant "mark me in your calender" make believe, moment to moment, unrealistic bullshit we call life.

I NEED A DREAMER

To love...

Fast flashing fanatical fantisies of fairy tail finely figured members of the opposite gender
I will not buy love
I am tired of MAKING love
I want to find love like a $5 bill on the sidewalk three blocks from my house after I haven't eaten in two days.

But its HARD.
Because 12 year old girls dress like they're 21
Because 40 year old women dress like they're 21
And any girl I take on a date who IS 21 has
previously asked me what she needs
to wear.

Love is that friend that changed on day for no reason.

Used to be a reason to trust someone.
Used to be a reason to be a better person.
Used to be a reason to wake up.

Love has become my father, excuses.
An excuse for paranoia.
An excuse for jealousy.
An excuse for arguments, interventions, arrogance, abuse, apologies, and infidelity.
An excuse for two poeple to stalk eachother on wireless leashes we call cell phones.

I NEED A DREAMER

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Published on Sunday, August 21, 2005. Filed under: "Poetry"

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Comments on "I Need a Dreamer"

On Saturday, September 20, 2014, SickSanityJenn (250) wrote:

"Fast flashing fanatical fantisies of fairy tail finely figured" Loved that line best
On Monday, April 8, 2013, aquiouss (21) wrote:

beautiful.. Itoo need a dreamer
On Monday, October 8, 2012, Beautiful Incidental (38) wrote:

i don't know where you are now....but please come back....
On Friday, June 24, 2011, TakeMeAsIAm (4) wrote:

I'll be your dreamer. :) I've got my feet on the ground but I try to keep my head in the cloudsâ€¦above the mundane. Nice to see someone who appreciates that and has found a way to put it into beautiful words.
A former member wrote: Excellent peice... I too need a dreamer....
A former member wrote: rambled my brain , absolutely lovely :)
On Thursday, February 4, 2010, Riven Waker (317) wrote:

this whole piece was overwhelmingly captivating, yet i will repeat the one line that was somehow my favorite: 'but pens are swords for poets, perhaps we've lost the will to fight.' - thank you for this wonderful journey
On Tuesday, May 13, 2008, The Lipstick Factor (287) wrote:

Holy crap..this is the coolest thing i have EVER read...i just dunno what else to say...and it made me kind of ..hot..too
On Sunday, January 13, 2008, Circe Avalon (115) wrote:

wow that was fantastic! I loved every moment of it. Good work, in a non kindergraten teacher way.
On Sunday, January 13, 2008, Simply Me (40) wrote:

Lookin' for a dreamer huh? I wrote a poem about a dreamer once. Might find it on my profile page still. Can't remember. Loved the poem. I'll have to look at more of yours.
On Sunday, December 30, 2007, Liz (265) wrote:

my leash is a computer
On Thursday, November 8, 2007, Narcissa (391) wrote:

I stumbled upon this and love it - I hope you found your dreamer ;)
A former member wrote: i loved this and as i'm reading more of your work, i'm becoming more and more speechless
On Wednesday, August 22, 2007, Reefer_rave (139) wrote:

oh my god...I think I want to kiss you, amazing... I wish I had something better than amazing.. but I don't .. I'm simply stunned.
On Monday, May 15, 2006, Arianna (105) wrote:

this is spoken, and i feel it in my heart... blunt, painful, and yet so true. kudos! ~aj
On Friday, May 12, 2006, Mari (419) wrote:

hey im a dreamer cmon lets dream
A former member wrote: all most long for a soul mate, but few let on that is the very thing they want. you're ideal soul mate is well described in this poem, you use so many descripitive words to explain obsticles. it's great.
On Thursday, September 22, 2005, Sin (1135) wrote:

i dont think i can come up with a praise worthy of this so ill just echo purr *applauds*
On Monday, August 22, 2005, capt_funguy (777) wrote:

always a pleasure to read you josh ... you kinda have the category ..." and in other news ..." all to yourself. always fresh , always real ... excellent piece .. funguy
On Sunday, August 21, 2005, purr_verse (1052) wrote:

I'd love to leave a better comment, but I'm stuck with just putting down what my mind keeps repeating: "Yes. Damn right. This is excellent," plus much nodding and some of this: *applauds*.
On Sunday, August 21, 2005, Six-Out (1423) wrote:

Good god yes. This was brutally amazing, as only someone like yourself could do it. We all need a dreamer, and to dream sometimes. And even more often we need someone to show us how to drewm. This left an acrid taste in my mouth, thank you.
A former member wrote: I've lost many friends to an abrupt and reasonless change. I think it's just the nature of people. I really liked the introduction, the first few stanza's.