I’m in bed thinking about the day, turning over thoughts and deeds, like stones, to see what lies beneath. Perhaps I’m looking for deeper meanings. I dream of a dead woman I never met, the ex-wife of someone I do know. She is funny, wise, and kind–vital and alive in my mind. She invites us to dinner. “Let’s dress up,” she says, “I think I’ll wear red velvet.” Perhaps she has the answers. But what is the question?
thoughts rolling in waves,
an ever-changing shoreline
doors to other worlds–
pipe dreams floating on seafoam,
or ships navigating home?
This Haibun is for Colleen Chesebro’s Weekly Poetry Challenge. The prompt words were stone and turn. I really did have this dream last night.
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The best line is “But what was the question?”. Very well written! Dreams show the underground of our mental existence.
Thank you so much, Reena! I’m glad you liked it. You are right about dreams–though I often laugh about mine. 🙂
Tags on your blog often feature other-worldly qualities, here dreams, ghosts, the meaning of life. My dreams, if I can pull them from fleeting memory, usually symbolize something I’m trying to work through. One I have written down recentlyly: a baby trying to be born. Any wild guesses as to meaning?
Thank you (I think), Marian. 🙂 Hmmmm. . .what could yours possibly mean? Haha. I have those dreams, too.
That’s r-e-c-e-n-t-l-y! 😮
The questions come in so often on the tide but the answers often remain so far out at sea. This was beautifully put Merril. Always a pleasure to float on your thoughts
Thank you, dear Damien! I hope you’re well and enjoying your new apartment.
Loving it my dear, and as soon as I have an internet connection it will be even better xx
I’m glad you’re loving it despite the lack of Internet. 😉
What an excellent Haibun. It bears mulling over to find the answers to questions that have not been asked. Answers can be unruly things. Well done, Merril. ❤
Thank you very much, Colleen! “Answers can be unruly things.” I never thought of it that way before. 😉
Oh, yes. They reveal truths we sometimes do not want to hear. ❤
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And now you have me thinking…dreams can create the strangest contexts, and yet…
perhaps answers to questions we don’t know we’ve asked. (K)
Thank you, Kerfe. I’m glad I got you thinking. 🙂
It was really weird to me that I was talking to this woman who I knew of–had seen–but didn’t know.
Clearly she had something to tell you, if only to dress in red!
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Love this. So other -worldly😌
Thank you very much! 🙂
I think this is fascinating, Merril! I would be curious to know, did this woman really like red? Wouldn’t it kind of feel strange to find out she did!?
Was this woman enjoying a laugh with you? Was your time filled with kind, generous warmth?
Parties may also hold meaning, connections or portent . . .
Did you both have any common threads? She may be trying to reach you through time, space, life and death.
Hopefully, you have solutions and no real weight upon your shoulders. 🙂
Thank you, Robin. I am often fascinated and frequently amused by my dreams. I don’t know the answers to your questions, since I didn’t know her. (I don’t want to go into the connections here in public.) As far as weight on my shoulders–well, there is that second book I need to finish. . . 🙂
Oh, yes! I try not to think of those unfinished (incomplete) chapters which you truly shouldn’t have to be doing yourself, Merril.
I’ll let off a pirate’s shout of “aaarrgghh!”
Thank you, Robin. Those chapters are actually all completed and the manuscript is being copyedited now. It’s the second book that I’m working on now–with a co-editor this time. But in order to get the word count where it should be, we’re each also writing a chapter.