Because Last Night I Dreamt of You

Poetry by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Music by Steve Law
Art by Marisa S. White, "Sculpting of Endless Passages"
Video by Tony Jeannette
Some dreams are sweeter than others. "Because Last Night I Dreamt of You" is a track on DARK PRAISE, a spoken-word album that honors the dark and how it opens us to creativity, passion, intimacy, revelation, dreaming, receptivity, self-discovery and connection. "Because Last Night I Dreamt of You" is available for download on Spotify, iTunes, and more. The album is available for purchase on Band Camp.
Because Last Night I Dreamt of You
This morning I wake and my body
is a concert hall still echoing
the beauty of the night before-
like the morning after the symphony
when the theater walls and
the red velvet curtains still remember
the swell, the strings, the silence
before the applause. Oh,
how I love my body on these mornings.
I linger in the sheets, my eyes closed,
my arms flung over my head,
my belly soft as I open myself to memory.
It’s fleeting, it’s flirty, it’s there,
then it’s not. What was symphonic
is now a mere echo of what was-
as if everyone left, but the drummer
is still there alone on stage,
beating out a tempo, complex,
but true. Hello heart. Hello heart.
Was it really just a dream?
The melody escapes me,
but I swear I still hear the rhythm.
--Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

[@arunachulashiva]

Beautiful. Thanks, Rosemerry.

[@rosemerryt]

Thank you, friend, for watching

[@joannesnyder3717]

Ooohh La LA luscious and wonderful!....drummer is still there alone on stage beating out a tempo COMPLEX but true!! Thanks! j🥰

[@rosemerryt]

thank you, Joanne, thank you ❤❤