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Writer's pictureShannon Barter

TIME TRAVELER

I am a dreamer

A time traveler

Following no straight line

Forward  Backward Sideways

A hound following an obscure scent

Always looking

Never stopping long

 

Sometimes I can find her

Dark and sad,

30 but old

On the floor of her closet

Seeking silence alone

Always alone

I tell her

You were always golden

And loved

Especially by me

Even when you couldn’t remember

Where it was you were to go

 

Other times I visit

The forgotten invisible one

The teenaged manifestor

Who dreamed this life into fruition

As she sits alone in the dark house

I turn on the lights

I tell her

I came back for you as promised

On those dark and treacherous long nights

I’m back for you

To remind you to keep dreaming

I will keep you safe

 

Sometimes the little one beckons me

Stomping in her shiny black buckle shoes

Laughing Skipping Silly Smart

..Except for checkup days

Where she learned how to float to the ceiling

The place where she knew she bore no onus

 

I pull her down and give her a piggy back ride

She giggles at our grey hair

I tell her I came back to let her know

We made it out , And we’re ok

 

She twirls a lock of our hair

Between her fingers

Softly smiling, she says

I know

I’ve been waiting for you

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