Today's prompt is:
Dreams
I had a dream I loved you,
and in my dream you loved me too;
I had a dream I saved you
from darkness and despair
and in my dream you saved me too.
I had a dream I wrote a book,
and grew rich and famous
in my dream you loved me dear
and held my hand through all the process.
I had a dream I traveled the world
and you came with me all the way
and in my dream in Scotland we stopped
and there we chose to say.
I had a dream you kissed me good-bye
and then you went away
and I cried and cried and cried
all alone without you by my side.
I had a dream that you were gone
and you loved me no longer;
I can't say in my dream I blamed you,
though my dream turned to a nightmare.
I had a dream I looked for you
through all the world again
I traveled on a journey
from here to the world's end.
I had a dream I found you
happy with another woman
she gave you the child I never could
and a smile like nothing I'd ever seen.
I had a dream that I walked away
I saw you were happy that day
and so through bitter tears I left
my dreams and hopes shattered.
I had a dream every night
of you in her arms
your loving face haunted me
the man that once was mine.
I had a dream that I walked back
to the end of the world
with murder on my mind
and vengeance in my soul.
I had a dream I killed her
and oh how that woman bled;
I had a dream you caught me
and I didn't know why you were angry.
I had a dream of a thousand trials
and every judge screamed guilty
and I screamed back of course
how could any of you judge me?
I had a dream of a cold jail cell
a place you left me to rot
and my first dream I'd forgot
the dream in which you loved me too...
I woke up in a white room
with four padded walls
I can't seem to find the door
but I know you're on the other side.
I had a dream that I loved you
and you loved me too;
that dream drove me crazy
and now I'm dressed in blue.
This time when I go to sleep
I'll dream that you'll save me
I'll forget the angry look
when I killed your baby.
It's not my usual prose though it tells quite the story, and it's not quite 500 words but I stretched it as far as I could. I quite like this piece.
Your Turn
September 20th 2009 18:17
I've been working on Bleed for quite some time now. I don't remember when exactly I started it, but I know it's a project that's been going on all summer and then some. For the last week or two I've been debating turning it into a free eBook, or having some of it come out as a free eBook and then later on the entire thing come out for a price.
I made my official decision today. I am going to release an excerpt of Bleed, which will include ten poems and an introduction. I haven't, as of yet, decided the best way to share this excerpt. I'm debating a couple of free file-sharing sites, as well as giving the file away for free on the website for A Cutter's Journey, or having people send me an email asking for the file/sign up to be a member at A Cutter's Journey so that I have their email and can email them a file containing the excerpt.
I haven't decided what will work best yet. I'm not sure if I want the excerpt to be an exclusive for people who pay attention to my work, blog readers and the like, or if I want it to be available to the wider public.
The full book, which I hope to release by December first, will be an eBook sold for two dollars apiece.
Thoughts anyone? If you know of any good websites I could use for this, let me know at diannalgunn@gmail.com
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