Sea of Dreams

Over the edge of the purple down,
   Where the single lamplight gleams,
Know ye the road to the Merciful Town
   That is hard by the Sea of Dreams – 
Where the poor may lay their wrongs away,
   And the sick may forget to weep?
But we – pity us! Oh, pity us!
   We wakeful; ah, pity us! –
We must go back with Policeman Day – 
   Back from the City of Sleep!

Weary they turn from the scroll and crown,
   Fetter and prayer and plough – 
They that go up to the Merciful Town,
   For her gates are closing now.
It is their right in the Baths of Night
   Body and soul to steep,
But we – pity us! ah, pity us!
   We wakeful; oh, pity us! –
We must go back with Policeman Day –
   Back from the City of Sleep!

Over the edge of the purple down,
   Ere the tender dreams begin,
Look – we may look – at the Merciful Town,
   But we may not enter in!
Outcasts all, from her guarded wall
   Back to our watch we creep:
We – pity us! ah, pity us!
   We wakeful; ah, pity us! –
We that go back with Policeman Day –
   Back from the City of Sleep!

(The City of Sleep by Rudyard Kipling 1865–1936)

Details:

Hair: No Match: No Other, Hello Tuesday
Shoes: Hilly Haalan: Lila Pumps, Hello Tuesday
Shirt: Ricielli: Anika, Hello Tuesday
Lipstick: Glam Affair: Medison, Catwa, SET 4, Kustom9 gacha
Eyebrows: Oo Yuki: Vor Brows 04, Catwa, Kustom9 gacha
Skirt: Entice: My Happy Ending, Black, Tres Chic
Earrings: Slackgirl: Viper, Designer Circle gift
Skin: 7 Deadly Skins: Tessie, chestnut, omega, Designer Circle gift
Eyes: Inkheart: Soul, Mandala Blue, World Tour 2017 hunt
Nails: La Boheme: Imbolc, Skin Fair gift
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body - Lara
Head: Catwa: Kimberly
Shape: my own

Pose: IOS: Aishka Pose 2 R, old Color Me
Location: Ocho Tango Place
Windlight: region

The robin makes a laughing sound

The robin makes a laughing sound.
It makes me stop and look around
to see just what the robin sees—
fresh new leaves on twigs of trees,
a strong, high branch on which to rest,
a safe dry ledge to hold its nest.
The robin makes a laughing sound.
I stop. I always look around.

(- The robin makes a laughing sound by Sallie Wolf)
Details:

Skin: 7 Deadly Skins: Candie, applier, Kittycats calendar
Choker: Purple Moon: Frozen, On9
Hair: No Match: No Sleep: Holiday edition, blonde-pink, On9 gift
Hairbase: No Match: Mesh head appliers
Shoes: Ingenue: Natala Heels, Creme, Arcade gacha
Ring: Yummy: Snowflake Rings: Star Burst, Arcade gacha
Nails: On A Lark: Nails 001, all (all=75L.. there are three 25L sets) 25L Tuesday
Dress: Luas: Noemi, Roses, 25L Tuesday
Eyes: Raindale: Lovise, 2nd Level
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pose: Adorkable: Nippy 2
Close up pose: Luanes World: A Memory, 2nd Level gift

Pet: MishMish: Robins in the snow, C88

Location: Gallery of Pavlovas Art by Donna Pavlova, my niece
Windlight: Gwen's Light

Red Balloon Rising

I tied it to your wrist
With a pretty pink bow, torn off
By the first little tug of wind.
I’m sorry.

I jumped to catch it, but not soon enough.
It darted away.

It still looked large and almost within reach.
Like a heart.

Watch, I said.
You squinted your little eyes.

The balloon looked happy, waving
Good-bye.

The sky is very high today, I said.
Red went black, a polka dot,

Then not. We watched it,
Even though we couldn’t

Spot it anymore at all.
Even after that.

Red Balloon Rising by: Laurel Blossom

Details:

Skin: 7 Deadly Skins: Vision, dark pack, Oak, Designer Circle
Shoes: N-Core: Kate, Christmas Gift
Necklace: Zenith: Leather Neck Belt, all colors, We<3RP gift
Dress: Dead Dollz: Xmas Delight, The Crossroads Gift
Eyes: Song: Macy, Forest, The Crossroads
Hair: Elikatira: Nadia, Exclusives, FLF (was still there when I last checked)
Nails: Nail Me: Santa Baby, I Heart The Cart
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pose: Pose: An Lar: The Citrine Series - Four, old We<3RP

Location: Giovanna Cerise's Sky Gallery (I got the idea from the fantastic Ziki Questi)

Windlight: Gwen's Light