I dreamt I was a desert, my red dunes swirling in an auburn mist, emulating the strands of time. I felt each creature on an intimate level, cared for them, wanted them all to prosper and thrive but knew it could not be so.
I felt myself ebbing away, slowly into the silvery mists of wind that pounded against my breasts and limbs, taking away my welling lifeblood that was replaced too quickly for any harm.
But most of all, I felt connected, connected to the sparse saguaros and the prickly creosotes, the desert willows whispering to themselves in only a language that I could hear.
But then I woke up, and my whole being, my self was stripped away.
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