NaPoWriMO #4: Image from a dream

Here’s me yet again trying to catch up with #NaPoWriMo and today was day 4 about images from a dream. It’s funny because you’d think my dreams are always out there, but in comparison to what I write, they border on ordinary lol. Still, sometimes there are some amazing visuals I can enjoy in my adventures in Draem and today’s prompt is just that, write an image from a dream. Below is the optional NaPoWriMo prompt in case you wanted to see it. As per usual, no visuals, just words .

Optional prompt: write a poem based on an image from a dream. We don’t always remember our dreams, but images or ideas from them often stick with us for a very long time.

There but not

There are different ways in which dreams stay with us.

Sometimes a nightmare leaves our skin dry sweat chilled.

Other times the first stretch of the day is with a knowing smile.

But sometimes, 

Not often, 

But sometimes… you feel an emptiness inside,

A doubt that clings on to one of your ribs

And doesn’t feel the need to let go. 

Did I dream that?

Was that real?

You open your eyes

Look around

And find yourself in your bedroom. 

Wrinkled sheets and bedhead confirm it, 

That wasn’t real.

But you can’t help shake that feeling

That for one fleeting moment

You were in a place with people

There was chatter and conversations 

About Gandhi, the economy, and rhododendrons

And everything was there

And you were there

And everyone was there

Except one thing 

Your pants.