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AU swap

Q & R

By Melissa IngoldsbyPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
AU swap
Photo by Rhett Wesley on Unsplash

I can’t account for this world

There’s another one, though

I slipped my mind into for awhile

I think I fell in love

With this Alternative World

Not perfect

Not safe

But so far away from the world I’m in

That it was almost like heaven anyway,

Q & R, unlike Q & A, but important to know it’s real

Initials for a secret code

A trapped, locked away world,

Far away from my vision, closer to my heart than ever.

It was an alternative plane, an existing that was felt more than lived

A universe of earth and moon and stars.

I could never grasp that kinetic energy

It was always churning out loud and musical space vibes I couldn’t quite catch,

But I kissed them in my very waking dreams; an AU swap.

A fictional reality.

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About the Creator

Melissa Ingoldsby

My work:

Patheos,

The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,

The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books

Silent Bites by Eukalypto

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