A Dream Sought

By Sam Attolico

She stood on this distant shore

looking out on the calm Sea of Cortez

the wind sweeping through her hair

a soft, caring, almost tender caress

She felt herself drifting;

removed were the cares and worries.

Her skin looked dark against

the white gauze material of her dress

as it swirled gently around her legs,

the thoughts of a life left behind

a light year away on a far off planet,

a planet of broken dreams,

the place of unfulfilled destiny

This respite she so willingly accepted

was to cleanse her soul

if but just for a minute or an hour.

It would remake her anew;

bring back the life she knew was hers

and fill her sprit with the elixir of the gods.

HOPES, DREAMS and FEELING

for these were the things she pursued

the reason she had come to this place.