{"id":7686,"date":"2016-06-20T16:36:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T20:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linaru.com\/en\/?p=7686"},"modified":"2021-11-16T18:03:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T23:03:16","slug":"the-dreamcatcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linaru.com\/en\/the-dreamcatcher\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dreamcatcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"grid kcm\">\n<div class=\"grid__item one-whole portable--auto lap--auto palm--auto top-no-padding bottom-no-padding center  \"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/170725007\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid__item one-whole portable--auto lap--auto palm--auto top-no-padding bottom-no-padding \">\n<pre>Was the dreamer sought by the catcher?\r\nWas the dream caught by the dreamer?\r\nAs he falls into sleep, he investigates. \r\n\r\nHe's caught in a labyrinth and a threader. \r\nHe sews pieces of his past, no catharsis, \r\nwas the dreamer sought by the catcher?\r\n\r\nHe's lost in between tree lines, timelines.\r\nHe searches for an answer that rejoices.\r\nWas the dream caught by the dreamer?\r\n\r\nHe's famished by not knowing as we wonder,\r\nwas he blessed or cursed by those chances? \r\nWas the dreamer sought by the catcher?\r\n\r\nHe's encircled by fog, was he the driver\r\nor was it an omen? The haze increases. \r\nWas the dream caught by the dreamer?\r\n\r\nThe old house is empty, but he remembers.\r\nWith each query, he fills it with memories. \r\nWas the dreamer sought by the catcher?\r\n\r\nGood old bye as days pass by, with a fever,\r\nas he lingers in circles the maze cries:\r\nWas the dreamer sought by the catcher?\r\nWas the dream caught by the dreamer?\r\n\r\nWe'll never know, but perhaps it's better\r\nnot to know. If all that he is, encircles\r\nas a fog of fate or serendipity. We'll never \r\nknow if the dreamer was really sought \r\nby the dream or the dream was caught \r\nby him, a price was payed, a future dealt\r\nbut we&rsquo;ll never know, he&rsquo;ll never know, \r\nbut perhaps it&rsquo;s better not to know \r\nas this riddle cannot be solved tonight,\r\nnot without the memory of his dreamcatcher.\r\n<\/pre>\n<div class=\"important\">I would like to acknowledge: <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user300845\">Miro Kantarsky <\/a> for his poetic film, Never Ending Dream, which inspired me to write this poem. The<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aht.ca\"> Anishnawbe Health Toronto<\/a> because they had the dreamcatcher in display which I was able to photograph.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Was the dreamer sought by the catcher? Was the dream caught by the dreamer? As he falls into sleep, he investigates. He&#8217;s caught in a labyrinth and a threader. 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