say your name

with her finger on the trigger

she closes her eyes
and in that moment silence
in that moment darkness
when she opens her eyes
there is no trigger, no gun

No fear

only the forest

the only sounds are birds
and the rustling
of wind
high
up in the tall trees
the only colors
are
green
brown
and remembrance
she is sprawled on her back
wondering how she got there
and slowly remembering
the dream jolted her back
to this place
which seemed like home
a foggy voice
spoke in her mind
like a radio station
coming in and out of range
"say your name
say your name, say your name"
the voice was telling her what to do
"what is my name"
she lay there blinking
trying to remember
"I know I have one"

she could make out patches of light
blue grey sky
perhaps foggy
or a raincloud
between branches
but still
it was Light
sweet precious light
she thought
patterns
of leaves played
and danced with light
she still had not moved
time had disappeared
my name is light daughter

yes, that sounded correct

Light daughter
began to move
she sat up and noticed how easily
her body was to shift around
none of the aches and heaviness
of before

what was before? she wondered. and giggled.

but she did not wonder for too long
this world was fascinating
and so familiar
looking closer
at the trees
and their long lovely branches
she noticed they were no ordinary trees
there were little bits of light
shimmering
as what appeared to be tiny stars
this made light daughter happy
she began to laugh
her laugh was deep and powerful
and when she laughed
the whole magical forest sort of laughed with her
mirroring her delight
she would discover
that it mirrored all her emotions

she wandered around this place
her feet almost sailing
across the forest bed floor
covered in soft beautiful leaves
in so many colors
even though they were dead leaves
since they had fallen
Even though they must have been
dead leaves
since they had fallen
they mysteriously remained
cool and soft

she began to encounter
other light beings
and she knew
they were her sisters and brothers
although she did not communicate
with spoken language
when she saw one of these beings
they would embrace and laugh
as if reuniting
it felt right
she stopped questioning
beginning to feel she had come home

since time had disappeared
she had no idea how long she was in this world