A dream….?

I see it in my dreams

Blood red petals

Entwined lovingly

I can almost smell the sweet scent

Alluring and seductive

It calls out to me

Mesmerising me

Momentarily I lose control

All I want to do

Is to plunge into its sweetness

And desire

It blossoms, the petals slowly

Caressingly open up

And reveal the core

I stop thinking and pluck it out

But my fingers,

Oh! My fingers which

So reverently wanted to care

And love it

I felt it pierced

Ruthlessly by the thorns

Drawing blood, which

Drop by drop

Drips down on the surface

And like venom, burns a hole

I can see the fumes rising

And suddenly

At this moment I wake up

From my dream

And I see blood on my sheets

Telling me about

Innocence lost forever

I curl up

And cry myself to sleep

Hoping fervently that

The nightmare will go away

And the black hole in my heart

Will fade away

One Moment

Its twilight

The most beautiful part of the day

I can see the reflection of the drowning sun

On the dark gray clouds,, which

Float against the inky blue sky

I can still smell the memory of the last rain

Lingering on the earth

I can feel the promise of something

Something good, coming soon

Drifting in the cool air, which

Touch my face, reverently

I stop on my tacks

I can’t take one more step ahead

Instead

I stand and breathe in

The wind, the smell, the feel

And the memory of a good day bygone

My heart wants to sing, to dance, to enjoy

To capture that one moment

Just that moment forever in my mind