Only in the Shadowlands,
that vaguely recalled dream-world
which disappears without trace
upon awakening to
the feel of flannelette stamped
on skin, the lunches to pack,
the chaos to realign –
only in her fantasies
does he hold her like this, arms
cradling her curves, head leaning
in hungry. She’ll function with
smiles through meetings and play-dates
and meal-plans and lists, but when
the shadows grow long and sleep
sings its lullabies, her heart
will wander barefoot that well-
worn path to Neverland’s shore.
Meanwhile, Melody Muses... 
How sad that life can be like that.
Isn’t it? Even when things go wrong – and they tend to do that – I want to make sure that I don’t waste my day on what isn’t, and instead live in the what is. Life is too short to hold onto broken dreams.
Quite agree.
“her heart
will wander barefoot that well-
worn path to Neverland’s shore.”
Magic! Beautiful imagery!
Now if I could just find that magic wand. I know it’s around here somewhere… 😉 Thanks, Russ!
Oh glory, I love this!!
You romantic soul, you. Whenever I have an inkling for the romance, I think of you. Of course.
Yep–I’ve always got it bad (and I’ve learned to live with it).
Romance makes the world turn, eh?
I don’t know–there’s usually one wheel that rolls wonky, or the tire’s flat…not the best advert for romance keeping the world turning.
Rather like the shopping cart I keep getting stuck with at Wal-Mart?
That very one–except mine is here at Safeway! Good grief!!
I think every major shopping center has one token gibbledy-gook – just to keep us from losing ourselves in the enjoyment of spending all our money? 😉
Chortling–that’s a good one!! Funny thing is, I generally LOVE grocery shopping–it’s the only place I can justify spending–one must eat to sustain oneself. So I have to be seriously cranky for it to be a bummer experience. And this week I got 2 1/2 lbs of salmon at 50% off–Sweet!! Then I found a super marinade recipe on line–oh my goodness, Mel, this was the best salmon I ever baked, so moist–I’ll never do it any other way again. Guess I flew off on a food tangent, eh??
Mmm… I’ll fly off with you, for salmon….
Oh good, I think you’d love this–the marinade was soy sauce and brown sugar, and a few spices. Almost melt in your mouth moist.
Sounds delectable. I could go for salmon, or almost any kind of fish, any day. But moist and tasty is especially good!
I’m with you, I love fish–but until I found this marinade/glaze, I had a tendency to bake it too dry. This recipe said to wrap it in foil, in the oven–worked like a charm.
I’ve done a maple/ginger glaze – scrumptious… I think baked wrapped in foil sounds like it would be pretty fool-proof as far as texture and moistness.
The maple sounds good but I’m not a big fan of ginger–unless we’re talkin’ gingerbread, then I’m All-IN. I think I saw a curry flavored one too, that might be tasty.
We like curry around here, too.
Sometimes curry recipes include ginger, so I might have to skip that–though now that I think on it, I once cooked carrots with ginger and it was way good.
There are (unfortunately) so few foods or flavours that I dislike. I’m up for almost anything!
Race you to the banquet table!!
Some days I’m truly heart-hungry for that banquet…
I know–Like Today would be good.
So SO well written!
Aw, thanks so much!
I don’t feel sadness but empathy ~ experience is usually difficult but beneficial.
You are so right. Anything we learn can be of benefit to us later, if we let it…