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I am from vivid dreams.
I am from fire
licking and consuming
the darkness.
I am from a wild imagination
and a logical consciousness.

I am from the Mississippi River,
moonlight glinting off my cat's eyes,
and paint on paper.
I am from the shattered shadows
of leaves rustling in the wind
on a brisk, early July morning.

I am from
BOO! and AHH!
in "****** ******" voices,
the way flashlight beams dim
as we use them for Morse Code
throughout the endless summer nights.

I am from jumping
in the dark
off our houseboat
into the void of black
that you would call Lake Powell
companioned only by the Milky Way.

I am from glow sticks
and silence.
I am from cracked rainbows
and shattered windows.
I am from lifeless wishes
and broken promises.

I am from baby turtles
making their way to the sea.
I am from moths
breaking free of the cocoon
that has held them prisoner
for oh so long.

I am from rippling stars ringing outward
on the surface of a crystal puddle
after a tear has fallen,
not from my eyes,
but from my soul,
eternally lost.

I am from outer space,
galaxies beyond imagination
so drown me in a heavy dose of fantasy.
...and it all hits with a weight of familiar regret
      The past drawn from beneath the surface
                 Like blood beneath my flesh
It all spills out and i'm fully exposed.
 Jan 2013 Jasmine Brown
Sofia
She stands upon the rooftop
her thin young legs stand firm.
She gazes at the wanderers
her mind begins to learn.

Her soul feels truly lifted,
she is above them all.
She towers over figures
so far below, so small.

No one can see her watchful stare-
her power is immense.
She is but slight and feeble-
the air she breathes intense.

As she sits and watches-
silently, alive,
the sun begins to reach her
allowing her to thrive.

Not an eye can see her-
the beauty of her stance.
Or so she thinks as freedom urges,
urges her to dance.


He sits in warmth and splendour,
music dims his mind.
His eyes gradually linger-
loving, lively, kind.

His silence yet allows him
to notice that which most,
would gaze beyond, ignore, look past-
he perches as a ghost.

Her form reaches his pupils,
he cannot shift his gaze.
Her beauty mesmerises his mind
out of its slumbering haze.

She dances on the pebbles
entirely unseen-
Save for the eyes of him alone
so eager and so keen.

Her modesty is wonder-
she dances for the blind.
This goddess draped in silky black-
his mind begins to rise.

There is no person watching,
there are no eyes that see.
There is no life to cease her joy,
and thus she does not flee.

But there is one who overlooks,
there is a heart that falls
in love with her still movement-
in love with her- her all.

The music starts to fade and dim
Her chest begins to heave.
She spreads her wings- delicate, pure;
She spreads her wings and leaves.

And yet he sits, admires
to where she stood alone.
Unseen by those beneath her-
still as precious stone.

He rises very slowly,
he walks, he paces- moves.
His body feels uplifted,
bathed in shades of blue.

No one will ever see her
through eyes quite like his own;
As she sits, so small and silent
upon her heightened thrown.

He will forever love her-
this creature full of grace.
She danced for him and him alone-
she left without a trace.
 Jan 2013 Jasmine Brown
Sophi
I longed for your return;
Waiting patiently by the window, I forgot how to live.
With a kiss you were gone; sent away to fight a noble cause;
You said the only noble cause in life was loving me, if anything.
Watching you fade into a cloud of smoke, right then I knew this day would come.
You said: “Curse the Gods! A moment without you is a moment without breath.”
I lost count of the moments, and of the breaths.
In a distant memory, you hold me close;
Now, all that holds me close was the beckoning gloom.

Cold in bed, I turn to where you should be;
I shun the emptiness, resenting it for your absence.
The apparent expansion of time torments me;
You’ve been gone but a month; but really a life has passed.
I’m sure the window has grown tired of the hours spent upon his fading frame,
The shuddering breaths fogging up the panes that now rarely boast the sunlight.

The carnations tossed a sorry, red sight across the hall
As you came through the door;
The languid form before me bore no resemblance to the man who left.
A tear escaped your eye as you recognised my loss of faith.
I shivered at your touch; your kiss was unfamiliar.
I closed my eyes,
And I knew that you had gone.
The wife of a soldier anticipates his return.

— The End —