Early this morning I took Juliet to work

It was 5:15am today as she had a very early case

Typically it is difficult to sleep once she leaves

I don't know, it is always challenging to be completely at ease when she is gone

Today I managed almost 2 hours of strange dreams and some panic

When I write, read, photograph and open myself to what the universe shows me

Sometimes the images are painful even more often than they are sublime

Today the dreams shook me and I lay there dry-mouthed and gulping at my water

I managed to pull up enough to see my phone only to feel a sting in my neck

I knew something was new and old

Me

I made it out of bed and into the closet

Where I was met with the warm scent of Juliet

Her hair, her neck, the pristine sense of clean and enveloping love

The dreams; I forgot and it felt like the very first time I saw her place

5 years ago

That mid-rise place so neat and so Juliet

Sense of smell

Powerful