This Dream

Had this dream
the other night...

I was....

in an open field
the sky above
a cosmic blanket

fell asleep
to
shooting stars
crickets
a symphony
and song
so perfect....
to be continued
forever
forever
forever

The Earth
rumbles open
filling my heart
drawing me
in.....

further
further in....

This vivid Dreamer
who lay next to me
whispers in my ear

"Are you awake?"
'Mmm hmm.'
"I had this dream."
'About what?'
"You were a vegetable."
'What kind?'
"Chard."
'Mmm...I like chard.'
"Yes, they're pretty, too."
'Were you a vegetable, too?'
"Mmm hmm..."

And so it went...

The echo of that perfect song
kept playing softly
throughout the night
the lyrics teasing the shadows

'toes in a blanket'
'teeth like stars'
'new love awakening'

my voice
laced with
longing
wanting
to join his
but
the silence
lay heavy
with doubt...

yet...
laughter escaped
my lips
eager to
embrace
the chorus
uniting
evanescently

Flashes of...

His guitar
lying on its back
His fingers and hands
working the strings
like magic
His hair
pale as moonlight
as his voice
swirled my insides

Alas

As time etched forward
the inevitable arrived
and the cold seeped in
influencing
a sudden departure
with a note
full of
enigmatic words
and question marks

But the owl flew
and said,
"Stay.
See this through."

The Warrior in me
had already surrendered
mid-song
so
back to him
I went
nestling
underneath the blankets...

And awoke
to the sound
of his voice
to the sky colored
by a new day

Our hugging and laughing
with synchronicity
for the unsaid...

and now
as we say
our good-byes
he turns to me
and says,
"It wasn't a dream."

I smile mischievously...

'I know,' is my reply.