once when I was sleeping, I dreamt
that light flew from my cheeks in
golden strips streaming like lily
banners that fell upon the back of
a loved one, towards the ceiling
they shot off elsewhere into the
dark and it warmed the bones
beneath my eyes like a maraschino
blush and it made me feel as if there
was something
more to me
more to me
more to me
Sep 20, 2013
Sep 20, 2013 at 5:58 PM UTC
once when I was sleeping, I dreamt
that light flew from my cheeks in
golden strips streaming like lily
banners that fell upon the back of
a loved one, towards the ceiling
they shot off elsewhere into the
dark and it warmed the bones
beneath my eyes like a maraschino
blush and it made me feel as if there
was something
more to me
more to me
more to me
(c) Brooke Otto
I wrote this last year.
