Poem in October

I used to dwell in darkness

The shadows were my friends

For eons and then some, no less

My plights came to no ends

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When light ones crossed my path

I’d growl at them and turned away

How desperate I clung to my wrath

My burden, my dismay

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Sometimes I caught a glimpse of light

On a dark one in despair

I scoffed at them and at their plight

I seemed beyond repair

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Into the swamp, till death do us part

That’s where I thought I’d stay

Until a shimmer got stuck on my heart

And I couldn’t wipe it away

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By then, I longed to follow that light

So I crawled out of my misery

Into the new, and thrived

The rest is history.

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Poem in October is a well-known one by Dylan Thomas. How surprised was I that my dragon insisted on giving his poem the same title.

Until I re-read the first one and discovered that they had much in common.

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This is a reaction to Poem in October by Dylan Thomas, who crawled out of his misery and wrote his first positive one! This poem was my best friend’s favourite. The dragon wanted this title for our poem, I objected to it, but he insisted and had me look up what Dylan Thomas experienced in his life; poverty, bad marketing, having lack and an alcohol problem. I had all of this, except the alcohol issue (which my best friend had for some years).

“Poem in October” by Dylan Thomas marks a significant departure from his earlier works, transitioning from the intense and often dark imagery of his early poetry to a more introspective and celebratory tone. Set against the backdrop of his 30th birthday, the poem captures the poet’s reflections on the passage of time and the enduring power of memory.

Patricia Isabella sent me this video by Jack Morrigan, who works with a team of dragons. And I am grateful for it, for I had forgotten the contact with my personal dragon for a bit! So my dragon came through and urged me to cocreate this poem with him.

GET READY for 2025: DRAGON ENERGY Awakens! Humanity’s Guardians PREDICT Big Shifts | Jack Morrigan

Jack tells us that we tend to cling to our misery. Step out of that kind of co-dependency, is the message of the dragons!

Created on 20 October 2024

By Iaaagh, in cocreation with me.

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