The Garden At Midnight_(0)

Peeking through the foliage…I made my way into the back yard. It was truly amazing, when I went to bed I didn’t have a yard like this. Now I found myself winding my way through an over grown garden that was much bigger then my yard ever has been before.

What awoke me was that song, such a sweet song on the midnight air. Like honey it just seemed to permeate the world with a sweet flavor. I had to find out where it was coming from. Not even bothering to dress I had come out back in my boxers only to find a huge garden in my little back yard.

What bothered me the most though was that it didn’t seem that odd to me. As I walked past a small garden gnome under a fountain I paused and listened. The song was still coming to me from straight ahead. I smiled and pushed my way through the bushes and heard the sound of something small running past me. Fearing some wild animal I looked down and could see nothing. Looking back, the garden gnome was gone and the spot was empty now. This was definitely one fucked up dream I was having.

Pushing further into the bushes I felt thorns prick my fingers. Cursing I pulled them back and sucked on the wounds. I had to get past them to find whoever was singing that song. I reached forward again and this time I actually saw the thorn bush move and stick my finger with a thorn.

“Dammit! I saw that!” I yelled at the bush which, being a bush made no reply but the song stopped for a moment and there was this giggling like the sound of water in a spring. Then the song started again and teased me into trying to get past the bushes.

I walked down further and tried to see if maybe the thorn bushes didn’t go all the way but sure enough, they did. Frustrated I kicked one and was rewarded with a thorn in my big toe. That was it! I had enough of these damn bushes.

“I’m going to get the hedge trimmer…see how you like that!” I said to the bush, not really paying attention to how insane I sounded.

I turned to find my way back to the house when I heard a rustling behind me. As I turned I saw the bushes pulled apart wide enough for me to slip through. So, that was what it took huh?

I slipped through the bushes, careful to avoid the thorns and found myself at the edge of a huge beautiful garden. The moonlight seemed unnaturally light here and I could make out all the flowers around me.