Sitting in the garden

as the sun slowly sets

closing my eyes

my world glows red

Gentle warmth washes

over me easing my tension

calming end to my day

the sounds blend around me

Ever so slowly

my world grows silent

as I relax into my seat

the warmth so comforting

Stirring the sounds return

the warmth still present

the sense of relaxation

not so much now

Did I drift off

how much time

has pasted

was I asleep

For in my silent

red glow of warmth

I saw a fissure

just beyond my reach

Through this opening

I saw my loved ones

now gone from me

is that where the dead go

Smuggled away

hard to access

in our awake state

harder to reach in dreams