Dream Ocean
Time is an ocean, and we
small fish or sailing ships,
a gull in flight from waves to quay,
in dreams, I am all three.
Through walls I coast
where my dead parents–
look remarkably well, almost
as they were, not ghosts,
but shimmering,
and there my children, both young and older,
and dead pets now alive and by my side–
I am every version of myself—sometimes bolder–
in the multiverse of my mind, I find
sea glass treasures, polished by time
returned to me by dream-sea, ephemeral, sublime.
For dVerse, where Ingrid has asked us to write about dreams or visions.
Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings 
In many of my dreams I am either in or on water, so I understand this completely.
Oh–of course that makes sense that you would have lots of water dreams. I think mine are mainly set in houses, but I liked the ocean analogy for the poem. 🙂
What nice, calm and beautiful dreams you write about. I wish I could have a few of those.
Thank you, Tanmay.
Of course I have bad dreams, too, but mostly the ones I remember are happy ones–sometimes funny.
I LOVE this poem!! The dream world it portrays is my writing world.
Thank you so much, Liz! I’m so pleased it resonates with you.
You’re welcome, Merril.
You know I like to swim. All my life. So this poem speaks to me.
Thank you, Claudia. I’m pleased it does.
“sea glass treasures, polished by time”, a beautiful description of the dream world. 🙂
Thank you so much, Kitty! 😊
In dreams, we get to, fulfill what we couldn’t in our, realities, to, relive those moments we regretted that we want back, but, eventually, we all, wake, back, up.
Very true. Thank you.
I like the way time loses all meaning here. The ocean is like that. (K)
“The multiverse of my mind” — ephemeral and complex, so en pointe.
Thank you so much, Dora!
A beautiful poem, Merril, with a wonderful closing line! I also love ‘the multiverse of my mind’ which contains so many possibilities. 🙂
Thank you so much, Ingrid. 😊
And for the prompt, too.
A wonderful take on the theme, Merril. That’s what’s great about dreams – we can be everything at once. Lovely.
Thank you very much, Dale.
That’s it exactly! 💙
🧡 Dreams can be wonderful like that!
They definitely can be! 💙
And weird… Lately, mine have been very much so – not that I remember upon waking!
I think I’ve always had weird dreams, but lately yes, especially weird.
Maybe there’s some planet in whatever (I’m not in the astrological know…)
I think it could be different sleep patterns as I get older, but I won’t speak for you. 😏
Oh, that definitely could be it…😏
🙂
I love the sense of being every version of yourself at once… maybe we always are, but only in our dreams it comes together.
That’s such a great point. Thank you, Björn!
This is quite beautiful Merril, a touching dream my friend! 🙂✌🏼❣️
Thank you very much, Rob!💙
This is absolutely stunning work done, Merril! 😍 I especially love; “in the multiverse of my mind, I find sea glass treasures, polished by time.” ❤️❤️
Thank you so much, Sanaa! ❤️
This is familiar and beautiful.
Thank you so much. I’m pleased you think so.
Poignant, powerful and full of heart.
Odilon Redon seems to inspire you a great deal, Merril.
(5 more days and winter is 1/3 through….. not that I’m counting)
The words come first, but the Oracle is a big fan of Redon. Thank you, Resa!
January has been somewhat mild here. I hope February isn’t awful.
Whatever the weather, if there can just be some sun!