2024-04-21
Miss
What does it mean,
he wonders, waking,
to dream so clearly
a fear of falling, a fear
of edge and precipice;
to dream so clearly
of rocks, of ledges,
no handhold near,
no safety anywhere,
no hope of return,
no hope.
And yet, somehow
in the dream
just after he falls
he does return;
returns unhurt, returns
alive, ungrazed, and
astonished; makes it
back inside safely,
back into his bed
amazed, avoiding
the great grey inevitable
one more time.
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NaPoWriMo 2024
(off prompt)
Day Twenty-One
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