Karmic Recognizance: A Short Poem

Karmic Recognizance: A Short Poem
Photo by Jan Kopřiva: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-snake-3281127/

One of those grief dreams
Late last night, like shedding
A whole ream of skin
Coming loose instead of
Individualized scales like glitter
Pieces
Where I rub so hard but they
Never come off

Nostalgia dies on a dream's edge
Where you perch for hours, waiting
For your lover to erupt