Crazy Dream

The auction started with models
on the runway wearing
clothes made for everyday.

Prices were low but many buyers
didn't show, the old lady said,
“We must buy a gown for your wedding.”

The bride wondered if the groom
would start to worry but the old
woman said, “Follow me I know a short cut.”

They drove through a cornfield
to a path under a large mansion
but it was very narrow and dusty.

The bride, dressed in white, cried
at the sight, and wanted to find another way
but the granny said,“Trust me,
it's quicker than the highway.”

In a little while they pulled out
through the other side. She and the bride
were disheveled and weary but alert.

The old lady climbed into the house and started
taking items saying, “They’ve got more
than they need, some of it must belong to me.”

When the home owner shouted, "Stop."
Grandma scowled then knocked over a table
walking out with all she could carry.

The young bride wasn’t aware of granny's theft
she was wiping smudges from her face,
combing her hair and straightening out her veil.

They could hear the groom gasp
when they entered the church late
he had almost called off the wedding.

What once made sense is like this crazy
dream, from predictable to one which lost
its hold on reality and everyone knows

life can’t go on like this, too insane
with conflicts and misdirected information
co-mingle with everyday events.

A mind may be strong but there's a point,
when it is wandering in the darkness
looking for meaning where there is none.