Love Poem: Dreamtime
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Written by: Jeanette Swan

Dreamtime

She wishes for dreamtime. 
Her clock has a face but no eyes;
It divides into 5-minute slices.

Earth turns between sunshine and shadow:
a marbled orb spinning in vastness.

The girl gazes
past clockwork and schedules - 
speaks from her heart.

“I want no time, no measuring up,
no counting, no subtraction.

I wish for serendipitous meetings,
tea and conversations.

I wish for dreamtime:
for stars singing meanings that linger
and echo in art,

for words by eye-witnesses,
written in treasuries,

for covering wings in the dark -
in the nest of mystery and truth.”

Waiting…

Then God is speaking, saying:
“For you – My love is also for you.”