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OCTOBER 14, 2009 1:23PM

Heathlike & Me

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I don’t even like Heath Ledger. But there he is, kneeling over me in bed, his shirt unbuttoned, wondering what to do next. Well, I can’t be sure it’s actually him. He is very Heathlike, that’s for sure. And that is good enough for me.

We are friends. I don’t remember how or when this happened but Heathlike and I are friends. I can feel that warm and relaxed energy dancing between us – the kind old friends have. (See photo above.)

So why are we in bed together if we’re just friends? I don’t know. We want to take a chance, bridge a gap, daringly enter a forbidden terrain. I feel good about it. Life is for merging, I think, as I stare at him longingly. Longingly? I never even had a movie star crush on him! But strangely, when you're suddenly in bed with him, you feel differently.

He, on the other hand, is slightly conflicted. I don’t take this personally. He’s not conflicted about me per se. He likes me. He seems more troubled and scared of himself. Of opening up.

“Kiss me. Kiss me.” I instruct.

He nervously leans over me and obliges. I feel his reticence again. His warm lips tremor on mine.

“Ugh. What’s your problem, Heathlike? We don’t have to do this if you don’t want!”

He then shyly pulls his hard cock out of his pants, as a way to express his true feelings. He is so beautiful, he shimmers. My body desperately wants him. I know at this moment he will enter me, despite all his internal resistance.

And he does.

He enters me once, twice and then a third time. I almost die from pleasure. Pure sexual perfection. Little shafts of light and electricity shoot between the two of us. We are electrifying together, Heathlike and I. This is more than sexual. This is a merging.

Then two of his Keepers enter the room to discuss business with him! How could they walk in on us right now? He’s not even fully Heath Ledger. He doesn’t need Keepers. Heathlikes don’t need Keepers.

Leave us alone! Can’t you see we’re having sex? I’m enjoying myself. Business can wait! Get out! I just coaxed a reasonable facsimile of a conflicted Heath Ledger into having sex with me. Can’t you just leave us alone?

I think these things but don’t say it aloud. Or do I? I try. The words live somewhere between my mind and my mouth, hurting to get out.

I wonder why Heathlike isn’t angry. He just seems like he’s trying to appease everyone. Its not the most redeeming quality but I give him some allowance. He’s just that kind of person. Too nice for his own good.

Suddenly, I’m outside with Heathlike. This pretty woman has joined us. She long brown hair with perfect grey streaks – almost as if she had them done professionally. She is a loyal person to Heathlike. She is in love with him but he doesn't feel the same way about her. She hangs in there though, trying to be his ultimate ally, trying to be indispensable to Heathlike. I don’t like her false goals.

They leave me to go into a university or a grocery store or a university that is half grocery store. I wait outside but know I won’t wait long. My dignity won't allow it. I keep occupied with surfing since a neon-blue ocean suddenly appears before me my feet.

He is still not there when I finish my session so I look for the subway, slightly hurt and angry. I see Heathlike and Grey-Streaked Hair Girl leaving the grocery store/university. He has groceries in his arms (for a meal he plans on making me. Shh...it's a secret.) I hear her talking about me, not nice things. But Heathlike won't tolerate it. He tells her to stop.

Your loyalty is totally with me, you sexually fraught cutie. But you have kept me waiting too long. You should have been more respectful. Feel my departure, Heathlike. Feel my pain!

I say or think these words.

Luckily I see a subway stop and count my lucky blessings. Now it will be easy to get home and screw over Heathlike in a childish act of revenge.

As I walk downstairs, I realize I’m on the wrong side of the track. The train I need is arriving on the other side and I’ll never make it over there in time. I’ll have to wait a long time for another one. Suddenly my revenge sucks.

The subway station is rather handsome with high, old-fashioned ceilings. And there is produce everywhere – scads of fresh produce. Not for people but for restaurants and grocery stores. Still the air is a little cleaner and the subway a little less dismal.

It will be a long wait. No dinner. No sex with Heathlike. Just me and my stupid pride and a bunch of produce that isn’t even for sale to the general public.

Heathlike – if you can hear me, I'm sorry. I would like to taste your dinner. I think we deserve time together - real time. We broke through a wall and now we’re ready to torpedo past those issues of yours, I’m sure of it. Just reach out to me the next time I close my eyes.

I think these thoughts. Or say them. I’m not sure.






















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geez Beth, I was I had a Heathlike.
Hope it all turns out good.
Great Post - "Life is for merging" - great line. rated
Scarlettlike happens to me all the time.
R
I hope I can create images like this from mere words. Maybe someday. R
You're prettier and smarter than he is. You can do better.
Well....OK then...I would make a joke about arousing my intersts but somehow it just doesn's seem appropriate. He he.
Hey all. A little dreamy surrealism for your Wednesday.

Spotted, Trilogy, John, Sheep and Eva, nice to feel your e-love.

Eva, funny you should say that: I kept taking photos similar to ones I found of him and thought, "Damn, this is tough. This guy is too pretty!" But now I know better. Thanks to you.
Oh, to be in that head of yours when Heathlike is there! It is all boring in this mind of mine.
Didn't you say in a post a while back that your dreams are mundane and boring? You've dispelled that notion with this one, but then I didn't entirely believe you when you said it anyway:)
those half university/ grocery stores have some interesting produce. ~R~
I was eating chocolates when I read this post. It was a perfect moment.

Beth, I think I hear Harlequin Books calling...
I think it would break my heart if I had a Heathlike "friend." I had a major crush on him and was quite upset when he died. So very sad. But I know this post isn't about Heath Ledger. It's about life and life can be really sad too.
If you ever finish the dream (or the story), can I demand part II or would that be too rude? Hell, I'll risk sounding rude - you know what I really mean. Very HOT. Very RATED! :)
But Nanatehay, look how the dream devolves! I mean, it was only partially gratifying, if you get my drift. Pretty soon, I'm waiting - in real time - at a subway station with produce around me. Not very sexy, suddenly. Not very sexy at all.

Gwendolyn, funny part is, as I said, I didn't have much of a crush on him. Stranger that he would find his way to my dreams. Now after looking at so many photos of him and that dream, he seems different.

Interestingly, a friend went to publish a comment on my Blogger blog and her password was HEATIE. Coincidence? I think not.

Delia, trust me - your mind could hook up with my boring mind and they could do a whole lot of nothing together. just wind whistling. ha...

Nikki: Chocolates would go good with that blog entry. Why haven't we thought of that before? The perfect food or wine pairings with authors on OS? Have your people call my people.

Thanks to the rest.

Chuck, how was your birthday, I wonder.
I don't think I could ever get my fingers to type a post like this - but I sure had fun reading it. I love the way your mind works.
ahhhh Heath. Heathlike even. Jeez, girl -- now you've got me thinking there's something wrong with me cause I never remember my dreams anymore and I'm pretty dang sure they don't include erotic fantasies of Heath. Or even Spongebob for that matter.
I heard women hate men who are too pretty. They don't like the competition. Best thing that could happen to him is an industrial accident...
Pictures and post - brilliant. I had a dream once which featured a Cherlike. It was just a one-nighter, but she thanked me in the morning . . . you know, before the alarm went off.
Jesus, Beth, I just sent my 19-year-old over to your blog yesterday because he was looking for some zippy words for his engineering resume and you're the first person I thought of. Could you tone it down a little?

;)
Cap'n, you are so right. He is too pretty. I don't like pretty men so that's what was strange. But, as I said, when you find yourself in bed with said pretty man, you don't kick him out for eating cookies.

Skeletnwmn, my dreams are usually quite banal. Even this one was really just sexually frustrating and ultimately left me at a subway stop waiting for a train in real time. I working on making them far more erotic and fun. Big plans, I tell you.

Owl, I'd definitely have a fun night with Cherlike. Of course.

Kate, Part 2, in it's own way is coming soon. It involves a real person. Who is not Heathlike but sexy in his own right.

mamoore, i didn't realize it was racy really. i guess because it didn't feel as racy as i wanted.

lainey, i'll work on that list of "zippy" words. You know, that's my nickname. one woman calls me zippy and has for years.
So weird. I had almost the same dream about Ryan Goslinglike. Minus the chick with the grey streaks. Couldn't figure it out. I've never thought of him that way. Or at least I never thought I did. I kept trying to explain to him that it wasn't going to happen. But what can you do? Hope he's okay.
I want Jake Gyllenhaallike or Mark Ruffallolike. I wish I could just order up my dream state before hitting the pillow...that would be Niiiicccceeee.

Looking forward to Part Deux.
Ahhh, but it was fun for a moment or two...
Well, Zippy.... quite a dream ya got there. Some really dreamy moments and then the dang Keepers, of course. Shoot.

BTW - you are really, really gorgeous.
Yikes! Heathlike and you make a very steamy couple. A couple images up there are gonna make it hard for ME to get to sleep... Rated!
Diana Rigg-like. Great post.
Great writing, you really capture the elusive nature of dreams. Loved the tantalising walk along the knife edge between frustration and satisfaction. Your mirror image photos at the beginning are also very cool.

"So why are we in bed together if we’re just friends? I don’t know. We want to take a chance, bridge a gap, daringly enter a forbidden terrain".

This is terrific. Iit feels as though the whole piece/dream is a metaphor for wanting to take love/life/something to another level and finding the barriers (either real or symbols of gate- keepers, false goals, resources, education) mystifying. It's all so evocative.
Kate, it's funny that you should mention Jake Gyllenhaalike. One of the reasons I'm not such a Heath Ledger fan is because of Broke Back Mountain. I did NOT think that was a stellar performance by Ledger. I thought he wasn't even in Gyllenhaal's league. I never really understood the Ledger phenomenon. J.G. is a much more advanced actor, IMO. Plus, I thought BBM was kinda silly. I remember laughing in the theater several times. (But don't tell anyone.)

So no, Juliet, I never thought of him that way either. But I suddenly did that night/morning. It's like George Clooney. I'm not into him. He doesn't do anything for me. But I have a feeling if a black car pulled up and he told me to get in, I would! Ha....ha....

Wakingupslowly, thanks for the gorgeous remark. When I took all these photos trying to match up with Heath's, I felt so physically inferior, I must confess. He's so physically perfect and all of my shots seemed painfully flawed next to him.

madcelt, that for the riggslike compliment.

dcv, tell me about it. interestingly, i felt giddy the best part of the next day. the power of a dream.

princess fiona, i'm so glad you're back in the mix. keep checking in here. i really value your presence. and your interpretation seemed spot on. really. that's loosely what i came up with. this strong, beautiful need and all the interferences. it was a drag that i ended up at a subway stop, but i kept thinking the "greenery" may be a sign of hope. I also thought i need to watch how i may shoot myself in the foot - get in my own way of pleasure because of pride. that came through as well.
Inspiring me to wannabelikeHealth. If you get tired of Heathlike and want a fantasy that is Santalike, I'm here for you.
Dreamily surreal indeed but very readable and excellent writing.

When you've finished with Heath, please can you send him over my way and see what he inspires me to think or say.
Beth, this dream is just packed with symbolism--I have had dreams interpreted and was told that all characters in the dream represents parts of ourselves. Guess what another definition of Heath is? Get ready...."a tract of open and uncultivated land." I don't know what that means or if it does, it doesn't matter anyway. This was a really cool dreamscape--I love reading dreams.
Thanks, Patton. Santalike. I'll think on that one. Ho, ho, ho...hmmm.

Linda, wouldn't that be great if we could share our dream images? According to Carl Jung, we do. Heath would represent the "reluctant sexual hero" or something. Or a shy animus. Or anima. I forget.

Sao, wow! That's very interesting, the "heath" definition. And you know, the "every aspect" did sink in my head as I wrote this. Especially the grey streaked hair girl. I so didn't like her. And knowing she represents a part of me is not all that...cool. Ha...
Sigmund would love dissecting this dream Beth! Great imagination and read... Too cold for surfin' yet? RRR
So, here I am at home with a 100 degree + fever--I'm delirious and a little high from medication and come across this awesome fever-dream post. Perfect.
Thanks Beth, I actually feel a little better. You are absolutely brilliant, and now officially one of my favorite writers.
MJ
Well, Zippy, you've done it again. Holy hell, woman, get out of our heads! Or, well, don't. Please stay and give us more.
That was delicious. What's for dessert?? :)

p.s. I keep doing Mathew McConoughy(sp?)... *WTF* is up with that??? Better than dreaming about washing socks, I guess.
And he does have this, well, um...oh, never mind....
Such sweet dreams are made of..... well......ever dreaming..
Dream on girl. Next time, maybe Georgelike? Or maybe I'll try myself.
Aahh. The ennui that must be Heathlike. I know I've had so much prose poetry written about me that I'm slightly bored with the wondrousness of myself. For a man like Heathlike, it must all seem so . . . predictable.
I thought Heath-like and Jake-like were gay. (By the way, neither treated me any better.)This is hysterical and superbly written.
Hmmm, you have me anticipating a Heathlike moment and I was pretty sure I would never think in terms of those dreams again. Well, this would explain why I was sleep-eating a banana? Of course it would.

Loved your post and how it made me think, thank you!
R
Beth, you had me on "entered me for the THIRD time", I am going to sleep now, and dream, dream, dream....
Not sure how I missed this before, Beth. Love this.