The Dream Meaning of Destiny

Red sky.
Flick Flick Flick
the handle made for my palm
smooth wood feels so good, so cold
I'll never miss that piece.
You take it.

Three graces.
Wailing, weeping, woeing
blue sheets, but no winding and no wind
so they hang there looking anticlimactic
I don't even know where we are.
So why are you crying?

then the stone markings hear me
forget the whispering
now each one has a word to spit
world in revolt
red grass
and I woke them all up
for nothing
the first two of a developing species
rise at my summoning
these creatures must be yellow
the yellow of smoke
and a room full of gold

Did I make them mouths?

Heavy air.
silence
so the question already existed
uttered by one internal organ, received by another
If I stop believing in my destiny
Will it cease to exist?

Melissa Ray, 1997


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