What is it
About a dream
that streams continuously
the long lean body of memory
pushes her forward
like silk in the wind
just before the rainstorm
just before the photographs
of the mind are taken?
What is it about
a dream
of you and me
I am thee
scenes from an unfinished movie
the happy ever after ending
scrolls
What is it?
About the dream
Today I see you sleeping like a baby
with whiskers
somehow they like your furry
chin
somehow I watch you day
in day out
a brain reawakening
hands and feet moving
a body that refuses to say die.
It is mid night now
the scenes of three months pack a movie house
they rattle my brain sometimes
they bring a seething panic to my body
chill
however, the dream on its fours
comes by
visits me in those desperate hours
making me
sane and focused
on your recovery
however big or small
however permanent
or ephemeral
the dream stays
the winds come
the rain washes
the sun comes out
the rainbows
that are made in heaven
dance
in prayer
in love
What it is about a dream?
Anita Schiffman Holzberg
February 15, 2011
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