dreamscape

River

i sent my dreams

downRiver, into your open

mouth. and i stood there,

shell-shocked by the sight of

you,

wondering what it was like to really know

you.

i watched your eyes close,

as the sunset silhoutted your sweet curls.

i exhaled a silent prayer, and hoped

the wind would carry it into your lungs.

my heart pumped blood into

the River

my body did not know

how to swim. so i stood and watched

you,

drinking in the world, without

any idea that it was my

blood that tinged the water.

i wanted to tell you everything

i wanted to scream

i wanted to touch you

but you looked so peaceful,

floating like you were

born to defy gravity. i could not

disturb you and ever forgive myself.

so i knelt where i was,

letting the saltwater trickle from my

face to join the River,

as it took you far away from me.