dwelling in this dark delicate world I have sat sentry all hours of the night listening with intent to your steady heartbeat to the slow rhythmic inhale and exhale of your soft breath as you sleep as you dream the REM film unspooling beneath your restless eyelids projected against our moon-silvered walls a private viewing … Continue reading Dream Catcher
I wake sweaty tangled deeply troubled by unconscious self I transform into a dream-state Alekto spitting fire lashing brimstone at my dead they resurrect with clockwork precision a psychic wound that cannot heal I do not excoriate my haunts uniformly some only raise guilt irritation vague unease an absence of safety but you are an … Continue reading The Secret Language of Dreams
Originally published on Sudden Denouement Ever been cloudbusting? We lay on our backs in damp fragrant grass Look up at the sky to trace a dream that seems Soft and fluffy like cotton candy. We point up at rabbits and dragons in the mist Discerning ghost ships in full sail Moments so sweet kids swallow Them … Continue reading Something Wicked in the Clouds- Christine Ray/Brave and Reckless & Stephen Fuller/Fullbeard Lit
sleep stalks me, finds me an easy target slinks in to drag me under, into the depths where unknown dangers lurk in my unconscious what murkiness lies behind my drooping lashes, what shadows hide between each whistling breath? what sharpness snuggles buried among the feathers in my pillow, what traps will soon ensnare and dangle … Continue reading Cat Nap- Lois Linkens & Christine Ray
This piece was inspired by lines of a poem written by Auroraboros in response to a Three Day Quote Challenge. dwelling in this dark delicate world I have sat sentry all hours of the night listening with intent to your steady heartbeat to the slow rhythmic inhale and exhale of your soft breath as you … Continue reading One Year Ago Today: Dream Catcher
Brave & Reckless 