Sleeping Beauty Comments
When hope is gone,
No stars, no sun,
Despair is deep.
Your nights pass by,
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Well conceived and nicely brought forth in persuasive expression with conviction. A work of an intricate mind. Thanks for sharing Galina and do remain enriched.
Your imaginations bring life's adventure seem real... many can relate to it somehow! Liked it!
I can't explain the beauty of this beautiful poem which leads to the eternity of life. Very soft, mild and soothing write. Thanks for sharing. Keep writing. +10.
A very beautiful poem! , stream of emotions ... a liberating dream.. thank u very much . tony
Wow! This is a fascinating poem and one that demands plenty of attention from the readers. You took the fairy tale of the Sleeping Beauty and placed it in a complex narrative, if I say so, that unravels many different states of CONSCIOUSNESS. I assume this poem is mostly about human consciousness, dreams, fantasies, and psychological phenomenas. It is really worthy question - maybe she was sleeping, but does it mean that her consciousness too was sleeping? ? What if she was in a state of physical limbo, but her mind wandered off in dreams and fantasies, maybe even connected to a higher level of consciousness? ? What we primarily assume to be a kind of fairy tale, might be more of a horror story! ! A brilliant one Galina, one that we can call, to take W. B. Yeats' words, a 'terrible beauty'.. BRAVO! !
A nicely written poem based on folk tales. Very imaginative and fantastic one though may seem next to reality. Sleep my beautiful baby tightly sleep, the beauty will save the world. Let her dreams come true.
A very beautiful poem! An unexpected revealing of a stream of emotions and feelings that through the Sleeping Beauty reach out to us. Dreaming can be liberating. All things you wish for.
we'll have to find a good place (ebook) where to have this poetic gem brightly embedded... ;)
Your poem haunted me in my dreams last night. I've been thinking about it ever since you posted it on Facebook. I found it well-written, flowing, and imaginative, but also very disturbing on multiple levels. One the one hand, you're exploring the inner fairly tale, Sleeping Beauty, but on the other, you're pulling in the reader, and specifically, women, by using the word 'you' and writing about an iconic female figure. I never thought about the practicalities of sleeping for 100 years. I always assumed it was a very deep sleep, similar to anesthesia, where there are recollections of nothing. But...what if she was dreaming that whole time, in a fitful sleep, maybe even intense feelings of sleep paralysis. And what of this prince business? And what of that King. And what about God...I love the line, An infidel, she talks to god /While playing chess, /And if she wins, he'll give a nod/And even bless.' What is the meaning of it all? Interestingly, you bring it back to the roots of the fairly tale when you return to the concept of beauty and its power. Is it really all that? Are we really talking about Sleeping Beauty here...or something else? The idea that surviving the dreaming is harder than life is intriguing. Well written. This is the first poem of yours I've read and commented on. You have a unique take on life and I like your writing style. Its beautiful.
I guess we are talking about many things relating to beauty. Well, first thank you for your feedback, Pamela! I'm really touched! Another thing is the mystery of sleeping. Dreaming is much wider concept than sleeping, because it includes also daydreaming: all our plans and inner talking and fantasies. But daydreaming (one of the most important tools of our creativity, creativity in all senses) is under our control, while dreaming at night is subconscious and here, in that realm, reason loses its power. Nobody knows for sure what happens to our soul in sleep. And even if her sleep was very deep... who knows? People in coma often surprize us with their paradoxal perception and even remembrance. Even those who survived clinical death had perception, impressions and thoughts. And at the same time people often can't recall usual dreams just after they wake up. I never believed that sleeping people can be like senseless logs. It's just not so obvious. I really think that she was not only sleeping but she was dreaming. Even EEG couldn't be a proof because we know not so much about it to be sure in our interpretations. Her prince business? I don't know))) It's too intimate to guess) The King? Well, there were many kings and many armies and ambitions, and once again who knows how many of them will be in the future. In our sleep we can manage time and space, we can reach any place and any moment! Talking to God... She was very young, almost a child. Children are infidels in their souls. They don't deny the idea of God because they don't deal with abstract ideas, and that's why they are not religious. But their perception of the universe, their sincerity, their ingenuousness let them be much closer to God, than taking him seriously (deeply religious) adults. And I guess that if there should be God, he is not arrogant) And the last thing: the power of true Beauty. I heard that Dostoyevsky is relatively well-known and popular in the west. And you could met his statement from The Idiot (Beauty will save the world) . The matter isthat beauty is harmony. And so it brings harmony. And not only Dostoyevsky thinks so. All fairy tales are full of it. Princesses are beautiful, not only their faces and bodies, but their inner world, their kindness, their honesty and sincerity. True Beauty is not to be stained, but to enlighten everything around. And still some people appear to be blind. Or maybe they never met princesses? I think, there are princesses nowadays too (maybe not all of them official ones) , but seems they are not almighty. At least I can't see the end of this opposition in my dreams.
Wonderful poetry. There is hope and love when she wakes up. Very nice.
Thank you for reading and commenting! Yes, there are many good things when she wakes up, The only thing she needs is... to survive)
It's been half a year since your last poem but the time gestated a magnificent poem. It deserves its lenght because it embraces so much of life/sleep - reality/fantasy - hope/despair. But in the long run of the poem these pairs begin to blend rather than cancel each other. For example, there's no denying hopes are betrayed, but other hopes replace and the speaker always follows the newest hope.The fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty is especially provocative: her awakening is a second birth to mature love and responsibility, it's a happy ending but the logic of the story means their lives together are beginning fresh on a solid foundation rather than the illusions of yesterday. There is no closure for your poem. But the energy of the speaker will NOT be defeated by setbacks however vexed. She is simply too strong, too resilient, too imaginative to be defeated. Guaranteed!
Thank you, Daniel! You're right, the fairy tale is really provocative. Well, in the most of cases we don't know how loving couples spend their life after their wedding. But in this case it's not only her future.100 years of her present life are mystery too. It's nothing - she spent so much time sleeping, motionless, in the castle, but noone can know for sure, what she was dreaming about. And the poem was provoked by my friend who once noticed that dreaming is easy. People are different, and maybe they see different dreams. But for me dreaming is not easier than real life. In reality you can solve your problems and do something with other people's help. In your dreams you're maybe mighty, but at the same time helpless and defenceless. And in dreams the world is much bigger than in your real life. No, it's not easy to dream and stay sane. The world is a mess, it can be nice, it can be cruel and crazy, and as a consequence it's all in our dreams. We can not dream about rosy butterflies only. But, well, usually when everything is getting worse, we can wake up. But poor 16-years-old girl who can not wake from her dreaming! Really nothing to envy!
Thank you very much, Kim! I'm very glad that it doesn't seem boring!
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This is such an intriguing poem, expressed with beautiful words, yet it speaks with a lot of pain and sadness. I wish this is one poem I can fully comprehend, but for now only in parts. The writer seems to have a mix of a very complex mind and a very sensitive heart.