By erin.
Date: 4 October 2000
blueblueblue
You said my name and I jolted awake
my eyes still closed
you thought I was still caught up in the wunderworld of REM
my subconscious painting pictures for me
Instead I was imagining you
standing taller than you actually are
your arms crossed over your chest
and blue blue blue everywhere behind your head
standing in a field of non-pretentious dandelions
taller than they should be
rays of light accentuating the glowing blueness
that surrounds you
You don't talk but I feel what you are telling me
Telling me about the intensity of the sun on your body
I notice how it seems to form a halo
I imagine you smiling the way you smile at something that
is only funny to you
Your eyes are closed to protect your delicate
blue blue blue irises from the blazing sun
Your chin is up, angling your head
towards the warmth
and your neck, exposed, looks pale and vulnerable.
The world tilts and I envision myself off to the side
smaller
my face is turned towards the ground
Swirls of dust from the parched earth beneath my feet
dance in the air
and get in my eyes
causing futile tears to fall slowly downward
The sunlight does not grace my prescence
mysterious shadows cast from ghosts
hide me well
I can see you in the distance
I don't question my prescence in the greyness
yet I wonder where the dandelions and the
blue blue blue sky end
I feel sluggish and cannot move to find out
I hear you inside my head
louder than ever before
I open my eyes
reality blinds me
I apologize.
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