Resolve, Written 10/11/13

Resolve, Written 10/11/13

You may not have known that I saw you last night

as I slept. You were standing just across the street from me.

The night was settling into its darkness,

and the streetlights were a dying yellow – All as if this was the first time.

Their glow reflected in the mirrors laid in the street
carelessly left in potholes by the rain

only to be broken periodically by passing cars

each shattering into bad luck that only had ever seemed to splash on me.

This was the first time I had seen you in this familiar scene of nightmare

and how could you have known better than to smile upon seeing me?

Brilliant and pure, as it always is, it radiated toward me irresistably
You walked to me unaware, I yelled your name as I ran to you
to warn you of the danger barrelling towards you
and yet, unlike before, unlike the others
you never flinched, never lost that smile
and somehow, as doom rode nearer, it shone brighter

As I ran to you, It felt like hours passed
simply trying to cross the street, but it took that long
before I noticed that you had frozen time – with the resolve of your smile.
and in that moment, you and I walked
into each others arms for a moment of peace
with the pure white wall of frozen time surrounding us.
when we crossed to the other side, the traffic lost its menacing tone
And, for the first time ever, I woke up from that dream with a smile.