ashes and snow

if you come to me at this moment, your minutes will become hours, your hours will become days and your days will become a lifetime.










ever since my house burnt down, i see the moon more clearly.
i gazed upon all the Edens that have fallen in me, i saw Edens that i had held in my hands but let go, i saw promises i did not keep, pains i did not throw, wounds i did not heal, tears i did not share.
i saw deaths i did not mourn, prayers i did not answer, doors i did not open, doors i did not close, lovers i left behind, and dreams i did not live.
i saw all that was offered to me that i could not accept.
i saw the letters i wished for but never received.
i saw all that could have been but never will be.










remember your dreams, remember your dreams, remember.










my heart is like an old house whose windows have not been opened for years, but now i hear the windows opening.










an elephant with his trunk raised is a ladder to the stars, a bouncing whale is a ladder from the bottom of the sea.
these images are a ladder to my dreams.
these letters are my ladders to you.

© gregory colbert