Sunday, February 15, 2015

Dreams Of You...


I Still Dream About Her.After All These Years, There She Is Sitting Across the Table From Me Like Nothing Ever Happened. Like She Never Broke My World. Her Auburn Hair Hanging Gently Across Those Hazel Eyes. The Warmth Of Her Voice Wrapping Itself Around My Very Being...I Can Feel Her In My Pulse. The Light Shines Through The Same Window I Looked Out Of All Those Years Ago, Silently Illuminating Everything In The Room In That Almost Cinematic Quality. I See My Things In The Adjacent Room, And Wonder How I'll Get Them Out Again. Who Will Help Me Leave While She's Away On Some Errand. What's More, Would I Be Able To Bring Myself To Leave Again, When Just The Sight Of her Fills My Being With That Same Old Flood Of Emotions. What If She Touched Me..Would I Die? Or Just Wake Up Again, Angry With Myself That I Had Felt All This For Someone Who No Longer Knows I Exist...If She Ever Did. Once My Wife...But Yet A Stranger...She Knew How To Be Intensely Intimate, Without Taking Any Of It Personally. The Ice Queen. The Perfect Combination Of Movie Star, And Mercenary. I Quietly Thank God For The Alarm Clock, As I Awake, A Single Tear Comes To My Eye.
And Once Again She's Gone These 13 Years, And I Can Take Comfort In That. Until The Next Time.
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6 comments:

  1. R. J.February 16, 2015 at 8:59 AM

    This is a compelling piece. I am looking forward to more. The initial caps are still difficult for me, though. I am worried about that.

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    1. Chezwa ZeeFebruary 16, 2015 at 7:28 PM

      Apologies...Glad you like the piece. More to come. Thanks for the inspiration..

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    2. R. J.February 17, 2015 at 8:29 AM

      It's a readability concern. Anything that compromises readability will take a toll in readership. At the end of the day, most people are most comfortable with conventional styling that does not get in the way of brilliant content.

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    3. Chezwa ZeeFebruary 17, 2015 at 12:18 PM

      Your observation is not only well put, but is perfectly valid, and makes perfect sense. Adjustments will be made heretofore, to make the reading experience more enjoyable for you and others. I yield to your years of journeyman writing Sensei. Apologies.

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    4. Chezwa ZeeFebruary 17, 2015 at 12:20 PM

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  2. R. J.February 17, 2015 at 1:37 PM

    When I was self-studying story-writing I learned that you can do anything you want to do, e.g. initial caps,as long as you understand the effect it will/might have on your readers. Samuel Beckett, for example, is purely for those who like fiction to be a Zen-like experience. James Joyce was a full-blown genius, but "Ulysses" was the toughest book I've ever read (three tries), and I won't even START "Finnegan's Wake."

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