In the open abyss of a mind there is white.
White; the color of fresh snow that lays softly on the limbs of trees.
White; the color of elastic skin that lays stretched on the canvas of me.
I look ahead. I see everything, I see nothing.
I don't wonder why I'm here, trapped in my mind's forever.
Forever has no color.
Forever fades and returns like a memory.
A cognitive tunnel of imagination.
Here, is where a slumber takes me.
I am alone in my mind. I am alone.
Suddenly people appear jarring my white world.
Grassy planes surface, here, we walk clothed in dignity.
They don't see me but I am here.
I sit down on the side of the crowd.
Familiar faces surround me yet I am quietly alone.
Personalities intertwine, souls bind, in moments that are soon forgotten.
I am smiling on the inside.
I am collected on the outside.
My eye lashes blink heavy, taking rest momentarily.
They open into a vision the color of gold.
A figment of my mind's treasure engulfs me.
I knead a part of the gold within my hands.
Lightly encasing the matter momentarily.
With an upward motion a butterfly flies from my fingers.
I take more and am throwing it now, in all different directions.
Things are forming around me.
Many beautiful fireflies are flying around me now.
Lush flower beds grow off to my left.
Sand is forming underneath my toes.
I am sinking deeper..deeper.
I move my hands and glide them through a forward motion.
In the distance I create an ocean, above it, a sunset.
My legs trek through a deep sand.
My feet find a fresh pool of water.
I come to the ocean front and dive underneath.
I am alone in the depths of a vast ocean.
It is spotless and as wide and wavering as my forever.
My hair is breathing with me now.
Each strand is being held by the soft caress of this deep blue.
I am floating right under the surface in my forever.
I reach up penetrating through the liquid.
I grip a branch hanging low and I pull my body upward.
With open eyes I see lush vegetation.
I climb the tree to discover I'm on the brim of a green jungle.
How curious.
It is nightfall.
I am in a quiet place where no stars are in the sky.
There is only a crescent moon in the distance.
I climb down from the lowly tree, noticing it's a whispering willow.
I admire the refuge it gives underneath long majestic branches.
I tip toe up to the tree line.
I stop to listen.
Silence is among me.
An image of my body paces through the dense forest.
I run with a relentless force that sucks vision out of my eyes.
And up into the sky I go.
I leave my body running at a rapid pace.
I approach the celestial area of my mind.
It is cold out here, very cold.
Space is dark, matter is light.
Glowing objects are stagnant in place.
Nothing holds them.
The illusion of this magic is captivating.
I start to tilt, suddenly I'm falling.
Through the clouds I am falling back to Earth.
I feel gravity at each level, which forces me to pop my ears.
The wind is too brisk to breathe in.
I hold my breath as I am about to land.
I am caught by something a little above the ground.
Thick, warm arms cradle my weathered body.
I look up into kind eyes.
I see a face that is familiar in the most unfamiliar way.
All I see are his eyes.
We don't speak. I can't hear his voice.
The sky is cloudy above a cobble stone street.
I hear the sound of rushing water from the heavens.
Rain begins to fall slowly.
Droplets fall tenderly onto his head.
Rolling down his cheeks.
Several are upon his eye lashes, his lips.
His embrace is heated, his breath is steady.
Something tickles my toes.
It is a child who giggles, who vanishes.
It is my long dress fluttering in a drift.
It is my feet treading light as I'm running.
I am running toward a building that is all white.
Inside there is a large room.
The doors are heavy, pure is the silence.
The windows are thick, dim is the light.
I approach the room.
There is a desk. I walk towards. I sit.
There is a quill and ink on the right.
There is paper on the left.
An old man taps my shoulder.
He grabs my hand and kneels before me.
Tell us fair child, tell our people what you know.
He stands and turns me towards the paper.
I press hard on the desk and fall forward.
Falling, all around me is darkness.
Falling, unable to see the ground.
I look ahead. I see everything. I see nothing.
My eyes shoot open.
My pupils try to adjust and sun rays beam me in the face.
Time for work. Time is money. Time for today.
Time to tell what I know.
1/13/2013 - 1/15/2013
~ B