In the Shadows of Promise: Poetry of Dreams (Unabridged)

In the Shadows of Promise is an anthology of poetry based on my dreams. I have made love in my dreams, explored new lands, spoken foreign languages, and even experienced life through the eyes of other beings. I have been killed in battle, though I have no real life military experience. It is as if in some dreams I merge into the dreams or lives of others. Some incredibly happy, some terribly sad, some horrific. Some dreams leave me with a sense of purity and innocence.

Call of The Hawk

The climb was easy

Every hold effortless

Every step sound and sure

The mesa smooth and flawless.

I lay naked on the warm stone

The sun completes me

The desert air feeds me.

I avail myself to the galaxy

I vanish in pleasure.

I move past and within stars

Through and beyond countless planets

Colors, flashes of light, aromas, flavors

All in an instant.

I silently and harmlessly pass

Through rock and ice

Oceans and time

Forests and creatures.

I hear only pure sounds

The orchestra of the heavens perhaps

A Mezzo Forte of perfect voices

From baritone to soprano

All in exquisite unity.

A continuous and consistent pleasure.

The call of the hawk wakes me.

This anthology is divided in 6 chapters.

Bealtitudo (bliss)

Cordolium (heartache)

Amor Novus (new love)

Anguista (anguish)

Meliora (for the pursuit of something better)

Cogitato (Meditations and reflections)

I hope to see you in my dream.