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I was dreaming. The strange sort of dream that was all at once so real you believe it to be true, and so fantastic it seems impossible. The colors were muted and dull like a watercolor painting that had been intentionally washed out. As often happens in dreams, everything around me was familiar though a piece of my mind argued that it couldn’t be. The bed linens were a pastel yellow cotton,...

What Could Have Been

Floating, it feels so freeing to float. We’re lying in bed together; our legs tangled tightly, my head resting on your bare chest, your hand resting on my swollen belly. We’re comfortable, content, feeling that indescribable feeling of becoming parents. I look up at your face, but it is hidden in the dark of the room. I can feel your smile through your jaw, and yet you never smiled. You...