Reoccurring Dreams and Artists Who Inspire
Photographs by Acacia Johnson
Slow Magic 'Feel Flows' from Matthew Emvin Taylor on Vimeo.
The Right Word
i.
The silence you
filled me with
is a dream I
cannot remember
nothing
replaces you
not even
the silence.
ii.
The words
I once spoke for you
have vanished
memories
like caves
are filled with the
dead bones of
things.
Among them
your skeleton
heavy with sleep.
The words
I tried to
wake you with
is the reason
you are smiling,
In a dream
you stand over my grave
trying to find the right word
to end the funeral.
It's strange
since I haven't died
and I can't seem to make you
believe that.
You stand
looking uncomfortable
holding my old
umbrella.
I get the feeling
you know how
the dream ended.
Water by Morgan Maassen from NouvelleVagueLA on Vimeo.
iv.
Where this photograph
was taken
were you thinking about
death?
What thought is frozen
that only begins to thaw
in time and through
constant exposure?
You look dead
only your eyes moved
at the last moment.
Maybe you thought
about me.
Everything Flows from Constantin Philippou on Vimeo.
v.
Because the wolves
smell you
your dream won't
save us.
it only puts words
between silence
and death.
Your silence
is no answer
until I can hear it.
As long as
you pretend to sleep
I won't wake you.
-Susan Musgrave
(What the Small Day Cannot Hold,
Dundum Group, 2000)
smell you
your dream won't
save us.
it only puts words
between silence
and death.
Your silence
is no answer
until I can hear it.
As long as
you pretend to sleep
I won't wake you.
-Susan Musgrave
(What the Small Day Cannot Hold,
Dundum Group, 2000)
