Cotton Candy Trance
Posted on May 9, 2022
by tara caribou
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head on sand, I absorb ambience
eyelids flutter, salty breeze feathers my skin
gulls wheel and cry, waves caress shore
curling over, rolling under
churning then pulling away
the motion rocks and soothes me
romances me, dreamsqueezes
open eyes, I gaze into the heavens
wispy cotton candy clouds, take their time
spread, reform, color the sky
beyond them a blue expanse spreads wide
blue in blue
focusing in, the blue deepens
behind it I sense inky blackness
something about it draws a sigh
I long for you
wish you were here with me
beside me, fingers braided
toes lightly touching
for a moment I ‘vision you
over there, far away, grass-laying
just as I am on the sand
together, both staring into the future
ours, far above, into the black beyond
watching the clouds, listening to the world
everything pauses, trance engages
weightless, my body lifts
I’m flying up up up soaring and
there you are too! and our hands stretch
fingertips touch
grasp each other’s wrists, gripping tightly
my eyes search yours and
our lips touch and we’re
suddenly spinning and the tighter we hold
the faster we spin
inertia ripping us apart as
love glues us together and
we’re flying right through a cloud
raindrops sticking to our skin
and suddenly
cold grabs ahold of my ankles
and breath penetrates lungs
eyes burst open, chest heaving
I observe receding wave
perceive soft sand beneath
singular desolate tear slips
just one more salty drop
for my own private ocean
tara caribou | ©2022
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Beautiful ❤🌟🌱🌹💫🌿
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Thanks D!
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You’re very welcome ❤🌹
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Vivid. I need the trance.
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Thanks Garrett. I think we could all use a trance now n then. (PS, I’m still waiting to see a book from you!)
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I was literally thinking about that not 20 minutes ago. I think I’ll be sending you something soon.
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I sure hope so. Your work is captivating. I reread it fairly often.
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Enjoyed this one a lot Tara, great writing. 🙂
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Thank you Tom. A dream within the dream.
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A profoundly heartfelt beautiful piece of writing, I lived and breathed it as I read it . Thankyou for sharing , love it .
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That’s awesome Andy. I want nothing more than to touch the souls of others. For a moment, you flew the trance too.
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I certainly did .
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Reblogged this on cabbagesandkings524 and commented:
Tara Caribou – Clouds, longing, ocean
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Thanks for sharing this one!
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You’re welcome
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Beautiful…and then the pull back to reality and sadness – at least that’s how I read it. Great poem, Tara.
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A dream within the great dream. Sometimes a vision can almost become reality, for a moment. Thanks Chris!
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Quite hypnotic! ✨✨✨
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That’s how it seemed as I wrote it! Thank you Jay.
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👌🏻🛸🛸🛸
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Exquisitely beautiful! 💚
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Thank you Cassa 💕
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mesmerising … like a lucid dream … i liked the end, the descent, almost an implied ‘what now/next’ …
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Yes! Exactly!! You always get it.
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Love the inner voice shift, great piece; encapsulated me!
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Thanks Mark! Fly free and dream!
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That’s beautiful and absorbing! I enjoy your every line 💗
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Thanks you Anita! Nice to see you stop by again; I hope you’re doing well.
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Pleasure and thank you too Tara! I am good, thank you 😊 Been very busy on other platforms lately 💞🌹
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Oh? Where else are you at?
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Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
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Ohhh okay. When I reactivate my IG I’ll look for you. I don’t recall seeing you on there before. 😌
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Sending you the links, Tara dear,
find me
Instagram.com/anitabacha
Twitter.com/anitabacha
Facebook.com/anitabacha
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“just one more salty drop
for my own private ocean”
I love this line so much. There’s something about the ocean which brings forth powerful feelings and memories and often I cry beside the waves overcome by the rawness of it all. You’ve captured the feeling so well.
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Yes! The ocean is so emotional, if we allow ourselves to be moved by it. Like you, I have been moved to crying many times simply by being near it. I’m so blessed to live where I live, to get those experiences on a nearly daily basis. To be pulled outside of my own mind.
I’m glad you liked the line because it might be my favorite line in the whole piece. There’s a lot of hidden meaning (for me personally) in it.
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