I have the same dream, over and over
Where I’m running as though I’m trying to
Reach infinity
Picking up the pace, across the green fields
I’m running as the clock is ticking, and
I must reach the sea
Then I am there, the water before me
A carpet of blue that reaches out to
The ends of my sight
But the ocean will not stop me racing
As my eyes gaze to the horizon, that’s
Darkening with night
Then suddenly I’m no longer running
But skimming the surface of the waves, their
Salt spray all around
And then their power has lifted me up
Propelling me through a sky filled with stars –
Heavenward I’m bound
But just as I savour sweet freedom’s touch
Of wind billowing through my hair, it stops
And my breath catches –
Now I’m plunging at impossible speed
To earth and reality, as before
Me my life flashes
I wake as sweat pours off from my body
While fear courses through my blood, and a sharp
Tightness strikes my heart
I know what it is; I know why I’ve seen
This premonition, showing me just what
Will tear me apart
It’s time for change, to take action at last
The prophecy shows there’s only one way
The truth is revealed –
With indecision, life will race on by
The weak, the unsure, left cruelly to rot
On this battlefield
Image: Dali, Archaeological Reminiscence of Millet’s Angelus