The Dreamer’s Dance

 

Evening breezes swept us high up off our feet,

To where voices of Heaven are heard.

Up to sit on clouds, tasting evening dew.

Me with you.

To sit on stars and planets, hazed and blue.

We danced around, forgot ourselves,

Swaying in each other’s arms till twilight.

We mirrored and parried,

We laughed and we carried,

Slowly drifting down to creation’s earth,

We leapt and splashed in inch-deep puddles,

And kicked the dew back to the sky,

Causing darkened heavens a-reply.

We waltzed and twisted,

Swung and assisted,

Til sweet raindrops raced down our tender faces.

So we sat for a while- silent.

                                                            We sat for a while as moonlight held us.                         

And as the breaking sun reached its dawning mark,

As the birthing light swelled the dark,

We spoke our first, gentle words,

Of love, truth and dignity.

Yours was an angel’s voice,

Of love, truth and dignity.

Our voices rose and fell with tremor,

We spoke of treasure, Venice and Rome.

And as ‘we’ turned to ‘us’,

We looked here, this and thus.

The hands of our souls firmly clasped,

The sweet harmony of our hearts singing.

Your feet beside mine swinging.

The little things- your smile, your eyes,

All added up, all made sense.

Still, I closed my eyes for a moment,

Seemingly for years…

And awoke as the sun reached it yellow heights,

As the rays of warmth found the flaming lights,

I turned, but you were gone.

Leaving no signs of arrival,

Leaving so signs of survival.

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I’ll arise from my slumber, when the dream is truly over.

But now I rest with the after-tastes, sat in fields of clover.

My dreamish state fades away like grains of sand.

I awake to this harsh reality, hoe to hand,

Of hate, lies and ignominy.

I’ll look into the eyes of the earth,

And see hate, lies and ignominy,

Wishing my slumber would last for hours,

And think of bliss, and evening sun.

As for now, I’ll day dream my life away,

Hoping sleep will come to me.

Hoping you’ll be seen again,

When I dream once more,

Wherever evening breeze will take me,

Back where Heaven’s voice is heard.