In my dreams last night
We were together
Visiting some beautiful mountain place
A wide river lay before us
We stood, floating on a large wooden dock
It felt nice, like our life feels

And then it began to rain
Softly at first, then harder
The river grew in swells
And the dock began to ripple and sway
Like great solid wood waves, bending impossibly
Flowing, breaking apart
And we were separated

I watched him, confused
I felt the first tiny spark of fear
Deep inside
Watching as his piece of the dock moved backwards
Against the current
Away from me
While the roiling dock beneath my feet
Was carried downstream, with the current
He stood looking at me, calm and straight
I too stood still
We watched each other fade into the distance

I thought - in the dream
"Oh - this is what it's going to be like"

And then, held onto the railing and looked into
The opening mouth of a gorge far below
Completely open to me, as if to say
"Look! Look down here!
You'll be under all this water
Under the force of the fall, the force of the churn
This is what it will be like."