The Dream
I dropped everything
I went
to the garden centre
I bought poppy seeds.
I was
so excited.
The Meaning
dropping everything
Freedom. Urgency. Joy taking precedence.
the garden centre
The source of potential. A sanctum place of future beauty.
poppy seeds
Poppies symbolise: Sleep and dreams, remembrance (grief, history, ancestors), wild beauty and literal psychoactive transformation. I’m not planting daisies. I’m planting something deep, something ancient. And I’m thrilled at the idea of cultivating something that could change me.
What Lingers…
What if joy doesn’t need justification to be sacred?
What if the deepest transformations begin with the tiniest seeds—planted in a rush of yes?
Marginalia
I’d written the story of my ancestry research: It Began with a Name. This is the dream I was rewarded with. Clearly, the ancestors are delighted with the progress I’ve made. There is celebration and the joy of planting something new, so unlike the heaviness of The Body in the Greenhouse.
In waking life, I did go and buy poppy seeds. It seemed only fitting to add some to my herb garden. I didn’t press them neatly into the soil—I just threw them across the bed. Now I’ll wait, and see what rises next season.
