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A Recurring Dream

("Dreaming Gaia", 2020, original encaustic)

A Recurring Dream

Thirty plus years ago
After a decade and half together
My first love left me

We kept in touch by mail
But never met again
Except in dreams

Over the years in those dreams
We slowly overcame the discomfort of our parting
In some ways we courted again
Reconnected, reconciled
Rediscovered and recognized a fondness
You could say love, that never dies

Eventually I came to dream
That all the intervening years
Had just been a bad dream
(despite how good they’d actually been)
And that we’d never actually parted

In the dream I’d tell her 
About this reoccurring dream
Sobbing with relief and grief
And she’d inevitably take it
In stride without emotion

But in fact, outside the dream
I’ve never been quite sure
If I ever really loved her
Or just a vision of her
A blending of the personal and ideal
Into a larger than life archetype

A few years ago this old friend 
Finally died of cancer
But we continued to meet
Mostly in the same old dream
Of our separation being nothing but a dream
Or should I say an illusion of time and space
To hearts outside of both

I wonder if we’ll meet again someday
And share stories of our adventures
And figure that’s what this dream is
Figuratively and literally
Our never ending story

(9/10/24)

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