A Writer's Dream

This was an older piece that was inspired by one of my favorite musical acts of all time... Enigma. In the video for their song "Sadeness," a man is sitting at his desk, writing, and falls asleep. The rest of the video is composed of his dream. So that is what inspired the title of this piece, and given the subject matter of the song, I did my best to recall the most erotic dream I had at that time.

"A Writer's Dream"
2007

I have dreamed a writer's dream

But not of the sleeping kind

Buried deep within the soul

Where the weeping often find

A part of themselves they've lost

Under ashes of their guilt

An effigy of sorts

In rememberance of what love had built

Gazing at the stars

That tonight are not in sight

The clouds have become obsese

And they're eating up the light

It is in this dream I stand

Alone in a baron field

With the grass dancing in the wind

And the breeze I've longed to feel

The thunder mirrors applause

From a filled up concert hall

As the sure-handed rain drops

Finally lose their grip and fall

As they plummet towards the Earth

They gently kiss my face

And for once I feel alive

In this most God-forsaken place

In the distance there's a figure

Moving slowly in the dark

I cannot see their steps

But I can hear the beating of their heart

Much like a whispering drum

The volume is dying to increase

Their cloak is blowing in the wind

Because the breeze has yet to cease

Toward me the figure slowly moves

And they're raising up their arm

And I can't seem to figure out

If they intend to do me harm

I touch the figure's extended hand

To feel their gentle skin

It's as soft as an angel's wings

And the color of porcelin

The stranger removes their hood

To reveal their identity

A goddess in her human form

Is what my Lord has sent to me

Softly I caress her face

Her eyes glowing like the moon

She said, "Beloved, I will end your despair,

And I will end it soon."

She removed her darkly-colored cloak

That she had chose to wear

And then she slowly revealed to me

That nothing was under there

Her body was soft and firm

Like beauty in the purest form

And then she gave herself to me

Beneath this violent storm

As I lay down in friendly dirt

She straddled exhausted legs

To release in her all my hurt

Is for what she softly begs

As she's rocking back and forth

I begin to feel reborn

I can feel her slowly mend

A soul that was long since torn

Her movements often changed in speed

As I struggled to adjust

It's been years since I felt this way

Tell me if it's love or lust

For how can you love someone

Who was previously unnown

Was she truly sent to me

So that I may call her my own?

Her movements finally reached a peak

Followed by a gentle crash

Neither one of us could speak

And it was over in a flash

She softly kissed my lips

And said your pain is inside of me

As I felt her fingertips

I felt my mind divide in three

Part of it couldn't accept the fact

That my pain was finally gone

The middle part did rejoice

And said it's been too long

The third part finally woke me up

From sleeping soundly in my bed

And if that was just a dream

Why do I hear her voice echo in my head

Then I felt the slightest touch

Brush against my feet

I look at the covers I was in

To see someone underneath

I pulled those covers back

To see my dream had come to life

She said, "if you don't stop waking me,

I'll never be your wife."

And it was then we shared a laugh

But she was blind to my delight

To see that dreams really do come true

And mine finally did that night

But if this encounter was another dream

Then I beg you leave me be

Because I would gladly stay asleep

If she is sleeping next to me

And as she slept deeply beneath my arm

I thought to reveal her name

But I'll keep that to myself

And just tell you that God is in the rain...