Saturday, January 19, 2013

let her sleep

he wakes her early
but her dreams still have her
like she fell asleep in a pumpkin patch
and the soft, curling green tendrils
have grown around her mind
found purchase
and don't want to let go.

he talks to her
but she is hearing someone else.
someone 
back where the moon hangs in the sky 
like the cheshire cat's smile.
so he
will have
to wait.

(art by Paulina Cassidy, purchase here.)

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