Blue Wave Dream

 

Can you guess how I got this photo? I’ll tell you later.

 

 

 

We walked across rolling hills of rich earth.

One woman ran far ahead, the other still in sight.

I followed slowly

wiggling my toes into layers of red-brown soil

that turned into golden sand

then into a slope of lush green grass.

My friend Dorothy sat down on a piece of cardboard

And slid down the hill with a smile on her face.

Having no cardboard, I did not want to get grass stains on my white skirt.

So, I danced and skipped down the cool grass,

ran up the next rise, and stood on a hill.

 

The beach below was deserted

except for Dorothy wading

into the royal azure water.

A swell as big as a house

Rose slowly in front of her.

She started swimming up the blue wave

that crested and then stood still,

Huge, peaceful, translucent.

 

I waded into the water

and saw her way up near the top of the wave.

She pointed below her at a hound dog

swimming under the water

like a fish, or a dolphin dog,

completely comfortable paddling

through the liquid blue Jello,

The dog breached occasionally to say hello,
while the giant wave just hung there waiting.

As I swam up the swell, I saw the hound dog

turn into a statue and drift down

to become an underwater memorial

like Christ of the Abyss.

 

Dorothy and I swam in the luxurious blueness

as we watched out feet wave like kelp

And the dog statue, now far below,

faded from sight, though not from memory.

We did not want to see beyond the swell, wanting it to last forever.

But finally, we reached the crest

On the other side a bridge

led back to “civilization.”

We swam that way because we knew it was our destination.

A soft beach rose to meet my feet.

I must have been dawdling

Because my friends were way ahead.

I followed their trail into a building

But didn’t see them.

I  desperately wanted to talk about our experience in the water,

To hold on to it, and know that it had really happened.

 

Then I realized I was in a hospital

walking down a hallway.

Confused, I thought I saw a room with a pool.

but when I looked in I didn’t see a pool,

Just a couch.

It was like a waiting room.

Children with light brown skin

Sat in the corner.

I wanted to tell them a story about a big blue wave

That lifted us up in the air and held us

For a moment when time slowed

And gave us a glimpse of something deeper.

But that’s when my dream ended.

 

 

 

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There have been many times in my life when I dreamed about giant waves that were frightening. This dream was very different. This giant, mysterious wave was patient and peaceful. I enjoyed seeing my friend Dorothy in my dream. The hound dog was Doodle who we lost several months ago. For a beautiful underwater video of  Christ in the Abyss, click here.

 

 

 

 

I created the top photo by turning this bottle upside down and cropping the photo. Colored glass bottles are some of my favorite things. I collect mostly blue bottles, but also amber, green, yellow, and a couple red and purple ones.