Haibun - A Dream For You

A Dream For You

You feel a hand caressing you in a
dream. At first, you think your dead
lover has returned to rescue you from
dreaming your life away. You awaken.

Stars fall through the sea, their light jewels
the scales of tropical fish and play their lullaby
in Phrygian mode.You float in and out of
shadows on a bed of sand, as fine as crushed
sedative powder, drifting, drifting...

You feel a hand caressing you in a
dream. You reach out and the hand
clasps around yours. You are asleep.
I know. I dreamed you.

tangled hair -
lovers entwined
on a beach