MY DREAMS/imaginary gardens with real toads

 

MY DREAMS

 

My dreams

Relive my days

In constant repetition

I awake exhausted

The job incomplete

 

You appeared there once

In my dream of dreams

You would not look at me

Averted your eyes

Looked away

Far into the unknown

 

The pantry empty

The crops are all dead

The wind took the soil

Dust storms raged

 

Suddenly the rain began

Huge drops fell

Like bombs exploding

The dry creek bed filled

 

Overflowing

The great flood came again

You built a boat

And then a pyramid

 

Each rock you lifted

And carried many miles

You drew a heart in the sand

You sailed away

 

July 21, 2018