Lavender Scented Nightmares

The green and gold meadow
Bleeds lavender flowers
With flaming petals
From the melting sun.

When the fire dies out
Skull-faced dragon flies
Pollinate
Lavender scented nightmares
They meld with dusk.

Pungent shades
Of grey and plum
Smother the sky.
The crushing aroma
Forces me awake
Until death
Sends kisses my way.

I float
Above a field of cattails
To Grim Reaper’s
Baritone breath
And the rhythmic galloping
Of his horse
Close
Behind me.