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Let Love

my dream from last night…

I was asleep…
I opened my eyes…

Where the hell am I

I was in the back seat of a car…
some goofy-looking dude beside me…
a guy driving…
a girl riding shotgun…

The car was a real shitty-looking Honda Accord—
mid-90s—beat to hell—

And wherever we were matched it—
just as shitty—
I think it was Ohio…

I didn’t know any of these people…

No one spoke…
they stared straight ahead…

Then—
all at once—
they turned—
looked at me—

Every one of them—
bright green eyes…

The driver floored it—

We were flying—
everything outside the windows
tearing past—
at the speed of sound—

Then—
we slowed—
came to a stop—

We all got out…

In front of us—
a great lake—
still—gray—endless—

A long wooden dock—
stretching out—
into the water—

At the very end of it—
a beautiful girl—

Behind her—
far in the distance—
an ivory tower—
unlike anything I’d ever seen—

No end—
just rising—
higher and higher—
until it disappeared—
into the clouds—

I walked toward her—

Her back to me—
hair moving—
slightly—
in the breeze—

As I got closer—
my heart started shaking—
like the nervous end—
of a rattlesnake—

She turned—

Faced me—

Looked into me—

She said—These words—

“Let love…”

Then—
she stepped off—
the edge of the dock—
sank—
into the gray water—

……….→|~ ~|→↓≈≈≈’
…….→|≈≈|→↓~~~’
…….→| |→↓~’
…….↑| |→↓≈≈’

…

Love demands immersion—
even if it drowns— `’.,°~

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25 Replies to “Let Love”

      1. You’ve been having some pretty intense dreams lately! Maybe she wanted you to follow her. Green is typically the color of jealousy. Maybe something is lurking in your mind.

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      2. I have much on my mind these days… especially while I’m laying there trying to fall asleep… I don’t know if that has anything to do with it or not… it’s a lot of fun writing about them tho…

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  3. Man…. THAT GAVE ME CHILLS 🥶
    The way you described that—from the shitty-looking Honda to the ivory tower—it feels less like a dream and more like you took a detour into some weird, beautiful pocket dimension !!
    I can almost feel that rattlesnake shake in your chest. There’s something so haunting about that transition from the chaotic speed of the car to the absolute, heavy stillness of the lake.
    That ending visual you typed out—the sinking—it feels so heavy.
    Bryan…. How did you feel the second you woke up? Was it that falling feeling, or did you just feel empty?
    I hope u r fine

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    1. I was really quiet and calm inside when I woke… kinda strange to feel that way… but I was like “wow! what a dream…” no falling feeling… no emptiness… Im perfectly fine… it felt profound though… I had another dream last night… well.. more like early this morning… but I woke from it around 5:45 am… laid in bed and started writing a poem about it… spent maybe 30 minutes on it… then I fell back asleep… but I will write about it.. maybe tonight or tomorrow… we’ll see how it goes… need to finish the poem first… thank you aparna… for reading my stuff the way only you can…… 🙂

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