From the Depths of My Dreams

falling

motionless

beneath the surface

the waters of my dreams

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a breathing still life

eyes blinking

my confession

from the depths

open close open close

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murmuring undertow

cutting clean

the earth ribbons

tethering me to the pillow

purple, green, blue, orange

shushing me

tempting me, coaxing me

surrender

pulling me under

a benign blanket

woven of lies

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open close open close

darts of light

a fleet of fish

taillights in the blackness

tracing neon loops

into words that

tangle my arms my legs

a celestial net

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captured

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moonbeams bobbing

surface tension stretching

a silken gossamer

of lies and truths

molecules

shrouding my dreams

a cloak of hush

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a siren

an alarm

a startle

I break

I break water

I break bread

I break hearts

I break promises

I break bad news

I break the speed limit

I break it

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and I replace it

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I break his grip

I break my silence

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I break through

sucking for oxygen

fanning the flames

alive

my head on my pillow

welcoming me back

from the depths of my dreams