Lovely, Sharon, except for 'critical missive', somehow, and 'an other', to
my ear.
Max
On 8/1/08 2:21 PM, "sharon brogan" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Let Us Examine the Symbolism of Dreams
>
> The falling dream. The flying dream.
> The dream in which you lose your teeth.
>
> The abandoned kittens, the lost dogs,
> the infant floating in its cradle on the lake.
>
> The woman weeping, alone, in the forest.
> The beast with an urgent message,
>
> a critical missive you don't understand.
> You fall, and someone offers his hand.
>
> You reach out, but your fingers slip
> through one another like light, like water.
>
> You walk through the rooms of your life.
> They are laid out, one by one, like a rail-
>
> road flat with no corridors, no hallways.
> You watch your own life pass as though
>
> in a mirror, somehow reversed, somehow
> not quite as it was. Is there an other hand?
>
> You wake in the fog of morning, slanted
> bars of light on the ceiling. These images
>
> wrap the shoulders of your waking hours.
> You wear it through your long days. This
>
> intricately woven shawl. This treasured
> gift from someone who once loved you.
>
>
>
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