| MY DREAM GARDEN I lay wrapped in warmth, the silk of my bed holding me close, the warm air like a sweet breath softly caressing my cheeks. The stars shimmering bright outside my window, inviting, calling me to sleep. I drift off needing to find that place to rejuvenate my body and soul. I find myself in a beautiful garden, the smell of wild flowers filling my nostrils with the sweet smells of springtime. The air moist and the dew wet on my bare feet, the rich dark earth the color of chocolate, the trees bursting with flowers of every color, brilliant and begging me to reach out and touch and experience their shinny branches. The leaves moving to meet my fingertips. As I move closer with an unquenchable need to feel them against my skin. I can hear the animals and bee's talking to one another. The queen, don't be afraid my children, she is one of us part of all around us. The animals calling to one another as well as me, come closer we have much to show you. As we move further into the garden, I stop often to touch, feel the aroma overpowering my senses, the deep smell of the apple tree, taking me back to a memory of my childhood. The amazing sites make my mind reel with every step closer to the center of this paradise. In the middle of this wondrous garden we come apoun a white light luminous, shinning bright calling me closer. I strain to look within this wonder. I find myself moving faster with a need I don't understand to see what is within. As I reach my fingertips closer, the light is gone and I find I am no longer alone with just the animals and insects as my companions. Sitting on a blanket of flowers is a woman, her eyes the color of sun, her hair likes silk with a hint of buttercups. She sits cross-legged motioning me to come sit beside her. I start to ask what she wants of me, reaching out to touch my lips with her fingers she says shhhhhhhh, just listen to for a moment. She tells me of my past mistakes, my hopes, dreams and my search for love. She talks of my pain of not being accepted for who I am. My disappointments, where I should and could be in life. I see wonderful places in her eyes. I feel feeling I have kept hidden of secret, and hopes and wants I have kept within myself. As the day slowly starts to fade into night, she tells me it is time for me to go now. As I stand she reaches out and whispers in my ear, remember you are never alone. I wake, sitting up to look out the same window I went to sleep looking thought, the sun coming up over my back yard, the sound of a new day greeting me, as my feet touch the soft rug under them I feel refreshed, so alive ready to embark on this new journey and I remember her words, I am never alone! |