"Elements of Dreaming"

[butterflydreaming]

Dreams like murky water --
I cannot find my center;
Afloat on obscure depths,
I spin like a dry leaf
pushed by an invisible current of the air.
Where is my center?
In the light, something bright
for a moment shines
like a new penny, flashing
the coded message of a wish
through shadow.
When, saturated with dreams,
I descend in decay
to become mud, that elemental earth,
will I touch my center, then?
Water, Air,
Metal, Earth --
but where is my fire?
I cannot find my center
hidden in this well
like you,
it is lost to me.

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