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1000 Feet Up, 1000 Feet Down

A dark ocean carried by the wind obscures my travel.

As the last sliver of light disappears behind the ghostly sea of clouds, I dream of you.

Memories worm their way into my conscience.

Like your fingers gently weaving through my hair,

Though I have not even reached my destination, I can only think of returning.

I must repress what passions remain or this week will tear me apart.

Away from you I am away from life.

These thoughts rush by along with the clouds: transient in their form, continuous in their substance.

A voice pulls me away.

Her face, barely visible in the dark of the cabin, once beautiful now wrinkled with time stares at me with a formality: a smile.

The cold cup passes from her hand to mine, and I am out the window again.

The clouds are gone, replaced by the spreading tendrils of light that characterize the spontaneity of urban invasiveness.

Looking down I see cars, buildings, people, and in this transient state between destinations, between sleep and wakefulness, between happiness and sorrow, I dream that each one has a face like yours.

 

I dream of a world filled with you.

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Written by
the-they
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Published
Oct 6, 2011
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originally from my blog http://the-they.blogspot.com/. Written before its author had direction.

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