Dreams of Trampolines

Dreams of Trampolines

By

Nathan Caleb Camerer

You drape yourself across my shade

You nuzzle my neck

Glorious

Only a dream

A dream built by a day spent like summer vacation

The Sun was low on the horizon

The humidity was high

Your shirt was clinging to your skin

I don’t wear jealousy well

Jealous of a piece of clothing

You stretch out like Cleopatra on this black circle in the sun

Curl your arms against your chest

I wonder if there is space for me

I want to be in that little spot

The one between your arms that feels like I can’t lose

You lay your head in your hands

It’s “Show and Tell” time

All I brought was my heart and it’s on my sleeve

That feeling I got when I was 12 is fluttering in my stomach

That first kiss

This trampoline we use as a nesting place

It’s starting to play tricks on my eyes

Are you floating away from me

Or am I just jumping to high?

That spot we found

The one while on our adventure

It’ll always be ours

That waterfall is ours

Walk thru and wash away our pasts

Step into the blue sky that is the limit of our future

Standing on top of the world

The sun is gone

The moon is full

I recreate that day in dreams

In dreams I look for you

I find the footprints of your passing

I’m not a good tracker,

But I look for you until morning light

In dreams, I become lost

My head gets stuck on another time

A time when I spent a day like summer vacation

I jumped for joy and found a waterfall

I spent a day like Antony

You were my Cleopatra

That day was the wounded chance

You draped yourself across my shade

You nuzzled my neck

Glorious

Only a dream