Dreams Before Waking in Eight Parts

1-
Time lapse photos:
multiple moons in waxing,
waning phases. Coronas
of ambient light.

2-
Ghost images trapped in
scaling mirrors. All of them
trying to get out.

3-
Inverted hour glass.
Time stalled in mid-
descent.

4-
Dry ice mist fills
orchestra pit simulating
arctic waste. Frozen music.

5-
Ghost light on bare stage.
Spot lights on polished wood
stage. Empty seats face
the reflective glare.

6-
Mist rising over still
water. A lost world
found.

7-
Tsunami wave breeching
sea walls. A scatter of
skiffs left behind.

8-
Black sun over red desert.
Cracks in the earth where
nothing grows.