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In my Tempur-Pedic knock-off bed
400 count soft as down baby blue sheets
warm comforter made from geese I’ll never personally know
snuggled with my shedding wolf-dog
room darkened with richly colored curtains
I rest.
Floating on dreams of alternate identities.
And yet
Knowing that millions of children
sleep with their eyes open
in case of predators of a thousand kinds.
Do I really rest?
Or am I actually treading water on a sea of denial?
Are the dreams I can’t remember ones of being hunted and sold
Coerced and perpetually anxious?
* “Then let them eat brioche” a quote probably mistakenly attributed to Queen Marie Antoinette.
Submission for One Single Impression prompt: floating. Thanks for the prompt to Loch Rob of A Small Look Inside.
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Wow. I love where this took you. Haunting questions, excellent reflections.
Important questions.
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Great response to the prompt, Beth. Though you rest, at least you know to question, so many are unaware that some children ‘never’ sleep…thanks for bringing this to light so that others may know.
Superb. I love the dreamy first part and then followed by the reality of the second. Too bad that knowing doesn’t heal.
What we cherish an hold as a right though others suffer. Thank you for this.
Great words. I loved the connection of sheltering in the comfort provided by geese you didn’t know.
I ,too, fear that my comfort is only an illusion created by my denial of the real world.
Wow. I like what you did with this simple prompt. Your work has so much meaning, it’s so important for each of us to read and reflect upon what you wrote.
I can connect with this..
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Another thoughtful post, Beth. Reading your info below, I know that you are already at work doing what you can. And thank you for that,
Necessary hauntings; as light too bright in the eyes.
Okay, that truly disturbed me. Now I have to go burn my feather pillow, throw out the four inch mattress topper and sleep on the ground with a campfire near by to keep away the tigers and bears…and I had planned such a great dream and all, too!
Sandi
Beth, I like this even though it is a hard subject to write about. Very well written it is and unfortunately soooooo descriptive of a vast number of us. I have smothered my feelings and memories fairly well with the pillow you need for your bed. Sometimes that pillow gets lifted briefly, like today.
Thanks, we need to remember. I don’t know why for sure, probably to help the current generation stay on guard. And to remind would be preditors of the damages caused by their uncontrolled selfish behavior. :)
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