a dream

last night talking to a friend
she is lost and confused ...temporarily
mostly because she has so much open to her i laugh
so many opportunities

and we chatted about writing about making a list of what would make her PERFECT life
any thing she wants anything at all
just list it

in the night i woke and remembered a waking dream i had about a year ago
a simple dream
yet gave me such lightness and hope

i was sitting in the ditch on the side of the road waiting for a bus
out side of the small town on the lower west coast of vancouver island
my basket full of twigs and wild roses
orange honeysuckle

tho i am on the side of the one main road it is quiet and i smell ocean
2 hawks are circling overhead

i saw a small cottage
me and "him" 2 chairs outside
the garden herbs vegetables
and the feeling i had of home
of belonging
beyond what i feel usually

i knew there was much quiet love
and a big bed with cotton sheets
flowers
and cats
maybe a goat

and me?
accepting my aging with such grace
acceptance and joy