Louise’s Daydream Poem by Louise Tredoux

Louise was reading a book when Rudi walked in, still
wearing his spacesuit, back from an intergalactic trip;
overjoyed to see Louise again; he combed his fingers
through the silky cascades of her thick, black hair;
swung her high into the air, waltzed around with her
in his arms; kissing her lips; then putting her down,
he took out the crystals he collected on the planet
Ballyhue, crystals glowing in green and red and
yellow and blue, also unique white crystals, with
a pearly sheen - glittering with a million diamond
faces; crystals so pure and wonderful that when he
struck them with a tuning fork, they reverberated
in clear and beautiful tones

Louise was entranced, eyes shining bright; while
she fingered them in awe, Rudi demanded a reward
for the bounty he had brought, he said she had to
ransom the crystals from him by surrendering
her mind and body and heart to him; he gathered
Louise into his arms and carried her to bed; she
laughed and tried to tell him all about the book she
read; but he listened not; kissed her words away and
whispered her mind right into a Wonderland where
only love holds sway – so it was on the next day,
when Louise got to play with the lovely fine-tuned
crystals, that he got to read her account of all the
books she read while he was away…

Wake up Louise, it is time to get ready to leave, say
goodbye to your uncle and aunt and nieces - I looked
up, Rudi was standing there minus the spacesuit, but
still handsome in my eyes, I smiled – reality is better
than any dream I’ve dreamt….