The Waking Dreamer

through fields of wheat and poppies I

bask in the rosy twilight glow I

could return to the little place I visit in my

head of cabbage, past fields of lilies burning

bright, the forest shines on in a silver ribbon,

slaying me with a single breath, a word

never spoken until now. hear me, gentle dreamer,

I tell a tale that never was and

ever will be a myth, a dream, a flight of

fancy in my head, daring not to speak

aloud for fear if letting this moment bleed

leeching it from memory and feeling the

sand slip through your fingers like so many

other memories lost and left for dead.

you see the wavering sea of grass unfold

before you, torn as the pages of your

book, unwritten just yet until the

moment of release, skipping a beat

in time to the tune of streaming sunlight

over dappled hills of moss and lavender,

fire-lit roses and bells of coral

sing you to sleepy seeds that wait

in the shadows of your dreams