In Blue Heaven
Friday, August 8, 2008 at 09:45PM
The last few weeks have been wonderful for me, since I lost my job because of downsizing. I've been extraordinarily happy for a number of reasons, chief of which is the confidence I have in the future God has planned for me. Owing to this frame of mind and mellowed by a delicously satisfied weeks-long sleepiness brought on by a spurt of creativity, study and job-hunting, I've decided to share a favorite poem I wrote years ago.
"In Blue Heaven" is a faithful report of a fantastic dream I had one night, prior to my conversion to Christianity, from which I most likely woke up in a mood achingly anticipatory of the peace I have right now. This poem is also posted on Faithwriters.com along with some other older work.
From my bed --
I saw a woman in a violet dress
floating not too far above the ground
set against an aqua sky.
I heard jazz --
trumpet, the piano, saxophone, bass, drums --
rippling, rocking, whispering, whining and blaring.
The musicians improvised.
Sounded blue --
not like the ocean or the sky or THE blues,
but like lilac toilet water pouring from a cobalt colored bottle.
The Blue Woman closed her eyes;
she relaxed, listening.
Her head dropped back, her body supported
on the palm of a royal blue hand.
I slipped into her sweet ride;
feeling safe, succored by
the big, soft sky, the slight scent of lilac
on my skin, and the sea and jazz.
I wore the perfect blue dress
and no shoes.
All in a moment,
any others who thought they knew bliss
were wrong,
but I wished we all could know it.
I have missed that moment always,
so much that I have no tears.
I can try to recreate it,
but what substitutes for floating
in blue, on the hand of God?
blue heaven dream
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I was blown away by this poem... i learned a lot from it and and so inspired to write more in hopes to be on this level one day. Its not just from the heart... or your head in the clouds... this is from the outer COSMOS!!