For a Friend by Lauren Mercer

Orange surroundings

Awaken in your sheets,

Folded in between blankets of mist

fawns frolic in a meadow full of flowers you must have planted in a previous life

Tracing outlines of a timepiece in the sky

Moving days like flowers growing on a vine

Creeping up that brown house

They make their way inside to hold you close and keep you safe

Hoping your life is as kind as they imagine a god to be

Today is a special day

Granted a lavender evening

Out the window moonlight refracts off the midnight water’s surface

Floating in your direction engulfing you in warmth,

where a woman is pointing at you in harmony with the violet rays of light.

She’s smiling because your happy

And she’s there in your happiness

I think of all the time I have to spend with you

Rolling hills we sit atop watching evening stars

And in the night the stars scatter

fall upon your bed

Covered in gold dust you sleep softly in pleasant dreams that could last a lifetime

I hope you feel gentleness surround you

And fade into a deep sleep until tomorrow