Mrs Death’s recurring dream
I dream
I lie on my side
my belly is round
the baby is still in my arms
I kiss each tiny perfect finger
I feel love for the child
I want to feel it latch
on to my breast
I feel a rush of love
waves and waves of love
real and absolute love
other women speak of
a love mothers boast about
a love that death will never end
I feel it
As if it is real
I understand the bond
Of mother and child
I recall the heat of life in my arms
the weight, the smell of the baby
the quiet milky light
And because
this is just a dream
the baby is laughing
and then talking
and then walking
towards me
and my time
It’s a lovely thing
alive and beautiful
curly hair
big grey eyes
just like yours
my love
forever
like Time
breath and heart
and Wolf
and it is
Wolf
Running towards us
with outstretched arms
I see Wolf now
running towards us
alive and spirit and free
I jolt upright and
wake up to see the sun rising
the morning bright and vivid
as the love I felt in my dream
the love I still feel now as I write this
In my dream I felt love
a love that Death
could never break
a love for you
my love, my love
my love for you and
this world, this day and this
Time, this short time we share
in my dream
was so true
this morning
I forgive my mistake
my accidents and losses
the things that could never be
this morning for once
all is quiet inside me
There is love
as I write this
it is banging in my heart
and hurting in my chest
this life is love, Life is love
Time misses Death
Time Mrs Death
calling Time, Mrs Death
Time misses
Mrs Death
Time.