and still i have nightmares
calm nightmares
not ones that wake you up in a jolt
ones that end painfully with death
but a peaceful, floating death

the nightmares where you
wake up
in a cold sweat
tears staining your bloodshot eyes
wishing your best nightmares
would come true

i had a dream
where we were driving in my father’s car
we were crossing a never ending bridge
and suddenly we were falling
just our bodies
into the dark abyss

and i clung to you hoping we’d both drown
and we sank ten miles below
the lowest point on earth
and fluorescent fossil fish
nibbled on our brains
until we were forgotten and lost

-6:04 pm