The hallway was drenched in purple light

as the Wednesday sun faded

behind stormy clouds.

I stood beneath the glow

reaching for the embrace

of tomorrow.

I see tomorrow in your eyes

reflecting all the promise

of welcoming sleep.

My dreams have been idle,

playing with your words

which became my worst fantasies.

If I can turn my favorite dreams

into colors

they'd be purple,

the color of precious memories.

I promise to remember

if you do too.

She wears her hope

beneath sheets and

sheets of

growing

serenity,

where her

head felt bruised

from the first bludgeon.

I fear the ocean

for the sake of my mother --

Dip my feet

under wet grains,

dripping hair,

chattering teeth,

suffocating

under Titan waves --

Endless --

Eternal--

I look beyond the depths

And my chest fills with salt.

My lungs

aching for bitter air.

My journey

at the eye of the storm.