Today's Inspiration & Writing Prompt

NIGHTSOUNDS
Do you remember
lying in the dark
after your parents left the room
the things you heard
voices
murmuring like water
aching silences
the old house groaning and creaking
like a camel kneeling
into the earth.
Do you remember
how visions came shining
out of the dark
as you lay there listening
to the thud of your blood
steady in your head,
watching
waiting for that moment, that edge
where the land ends
and you drop into the sea of sleep--
but every night
you went from waiting to waking
your head surfacing into the morning
returning to the voices
shaking water from your eyes
emerging
carrying remnants of dreams
beaded, glistening on your skin.
~~Daphne Slocombe
WRITING PROMPT:
Write about a recurring dream you had in childhood. Close your eyes and imagine yourself in the dream; use all of your senses as you write, so that your reader can be there too.