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When Time Stands Still


                              On the edge of a luminescent hillside 
                                              I lay belly down gazing at the horizon 
                   Waiting patiently with crepuscular eyes 
          Chin cupped in hands 
                             My mind wanders on- 
                                             ward for that moment between worlds 
                            When light fades away, and night enters 
                             Making way for the dreamer to explore 
                                            Interdimensionally 
                                          The sky turns purple 
                           The distant clouds transforming into beings 
                    that were not there before, notice my pupils 
      Expanding.                          Beckoning them.                 I’m seeing . . . 
                     them change directions.  Floating ever so slowly 
                              toward me       now 
                                                             The sky is still 
                                                     Purple 
                               But more crystalline and somehow holy 
                                         like Amythest scrying me 
                                                              I get a chill up my spine 
                    As they move in ever so closer 
                           Closer      closer      so close I could touch them 
                                                                     so close I could taste them 
                                                       I reach up 

                                 And oh my, they do taste like cotton candy!


Copyright © Benjamin Bartley

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