Running

...

I dreamt we ran across the world

barefoot, belly full of joy

our feet like wings

bearing us on concrete clouds.

You showed me the vastness of space,

whispered in my ear

"Run..."

Then the same ground fell away

beneath our feet

and there was water, 

vast and dark

filled with one eyed creatures

leaping and wailing.

Still we ran,

our legs like cannons

shooting into the wet, deep earth

like violent stars

Till we reached its end.

We stood at the silent, trembling edge

every breath an explosion in the stillness

and I woke, shocked by air and space,

your whispered words still on my skin.

...

2004

Detail, Watercolour Portrait of Kevin

We're still running, love.

Happy Birthday.

~Dani