This poem was inspired by “First Light” by Freddie Hubbard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2wPmSPQbJc
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I am walking inside a dream –
A beautiful dream.
I see elephants with their trunks up
As if they’re saluting me
And wishing me good luck.
I see a slew of colours
Which move me – orange,
Red, yellow, green,
Purple, navy.
I see a sky at dawn, noon,
Sunset and at nighttime.
The different phases of the moon,
And the many heights of the sun.
I see trees…they’re all kinds of colours –
Representing their states
During the different seasons.
Now I see that it’s raining,
Snowing,
It’s sunny and it’s hot.
On a road which seems to
Lead to a world filled with
The possibility of love,
Pain, passion, anger,
Peace, joy, sadness,
Fear and magic,
I see you.
You’re standing in the middle
Of that unpaved road
In the hot sun,
In the pouring rain,
In the falling snow.
The elephants,
I now see,
Are giving YOU their support,
And are waiting with you.
I look around me
And I look behind me,
Once or twice
But very quickly I realize that
We’re the only two human beings there
Present, in what now feels to me is a
A shared dream.
The wind seems to be
On your side too
As it pushes me towards you,
Exciting the elephants
As they continue to support you
And me walking towards you.
Suddenly in our dream,
I am standing in front of you.
I look up at your smiling face
And am pushed by the wind
Into your warm, strong
Embrace.
I am fighting the wind and you,
Trying to slow down
And go at my own pace
But very quickly
I come to realize that
In your arms
Is where I want to be.
As scary as that realization is to me,
I am at peace with being close to you,
With you holding me.
The elephants,
I now realize
Are saluting US
And the wind is twirling around us
In a spiral
To keep us embraced longer.
Suddenly everything disappears –
The wind, the colours,
The elephants, the trees…
It’s just you and me
Standing on an unpaved road,
Holding on to each other,
And the beautiful mystery
That’s waiting to unfold,
Written by us.
You take my hand in yours
And together we are facing the road in front of us…
But that is when I wake up.
I close my eyes tighter
Trying to go back inside the dream
and failing miserably.
I become aware of your arms around me,
Holding me.
I feel your warmth
Against my back
And become aware of your touch –
Your hand is grazing my thigh,
My waist, my back.
Your touch is warm and loving,
Unfamiliar to me
Yet I’ve longed for it
For many, many years.
It touches me deeper than
Than the skin it feels
And I start thinking
That this maybe is also a dream.
I wait for you to vanish,
To leave,
To disappear,
But instead you whisper in my ear.
And I realize that you’re here.
That is when it dawns on me –
I don’t want you to leave.
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My performance of this poem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJQ5oY4a1vE
February 5th, 2013 at 2:50 am
Really liked what you had to say in your post, First Light Translated… arainbowintheclouds, thanks for the good read!
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