Dream Journal

If you’re swimming

then you have lost something important.

If you’re flying

then your heart’s been broken.

If you sit at a table before a deck of cards

then you are afraid of getting older.

If you undress beneath a single spotlight

then you are about to commit a crime.

If you are singing while holding a Spanish guitar

then someone you know has passed away.

If you are preparing to leap from a balcony

then you are mourning the loss of your childhood.

If you place your lips to the breast of a cloud

then you have forgotten to say your prayers.

If you run three red lights in a row

then there is a lesson you still haven’t learned.

If you pull water from an old well

then your father is preparing to call you long distance.

If you hear music playing from another house on your street

then your sister is about to come back from the dead.

If you cup your hands as a hard rain begins

then you are days away from falling in love.

If you find that you cannot run when you want to

then there is a book that you need to reread.

If you awaken in a field of strawberries

then a long  journey awaits you.

If you eat the strawberries

then you won’t be going alone.