You sometimes twitch when you
sleep. Your face and eyes jitter with
your legs. You must be dreaming.
A nightmare? I would
jump into your dreams and
destroy your monsters.
Dispose them into another
dimension. Then twirl you around,
throw a ball for you to
fetch. And run with you.
But instead I just watch you
sleep.
And breathe.
And dream.
And realize how much I love you.
For Laika
June 5, 2008 by quarkonium
Beautiful! Brings a smile to me face. So wholesome.
I’m looking for a different verb than jitter that captures better what you are trying to say.
Perhaps adding a “if I could” somewhere in the sentence about jumping into the dream, if it doesn’t break the cadence or detroy the compactness?