Another one from the
notebooks.
The Way We Were
Last night I dreamt that you were there, the way we were. You
perched yourself on the bed and picked up the text book I’d been reading from,
browsing a few lines. Beaming, you stated back at me and asked what it all meant.
I was shocked to see you there. I wanted to blurt out my thoughts and feelings,
yet in my slumber you seemed so solid, so real that I felt ridiculous. So I
simply answered your question. Then there was a high pitched squeal and a misty
haze formed between us. The scene faded and you were gone. I awoke to find
myself alone, the alarm clock pierced the air to announce that it was morning.
I could have cried, but instead I managed a smile. For with
that brief remembrance came flooding back a hundred memories, a dozen emotions
and the myriad smells and images of my youth, when you guarded my innocence.
Your face prominent in my mind, I felt that you had leant me your strength. The
strength to face the world without you. And as I brushed my teeth, I silently
raised a toast.
Dreams are the playthings of the subconscious. Anything that
is remembered need never be lost.
Get it done.
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