Into The Dreaming

In the forests of the dreaming
I wandered, aimless, in the dark
Time was lost and space was bound
The unreal stood naked, stark

Dark flames, persimmon leaves
Sleuthing through mist like orange thieves
A taste of sorrow, then a touch of light
I staggered through delirium to delight -

A forgotten smile found by memory
A lonesome candle growing teary roots
An intimate finger tracing a silken route
Lost lives that were meant to be

And then a veil like curtain fell
With the flourish of a serif-like hand
Then another fell, and then a thousand more
The dark settled like jaded sand

It was dark as the womb of the earth
Then a shade darker still
My eyes fluttered, frantic, lost
When softly by the window sill-

-The clouds flinted a cool blue hearth
And quenched darkness like hesitant rain
In that softened likeness of fluid rain
A silhouette was birthed

Carved by light from stony dark
An amalgam of truth and mystery
It was sans doubt the heart of my dream
Yet I knew not what it be

…it was you, asleep, and silently-
My dream grew brighter, warm
Your lips parted inadvertently
Passion rushed to me in a swarm

Your bosom rose and fell
To the simple rhythm of your heart
And the ocean’s ebb and swell
Kept time

The moon kissed the mountain tops
The valley deepened with a sigh
The wind sang to the meadows
Your toes wrinkled to a downward smile

I wish for eternal waking
To never sleep away this dream
To watch you sleep as reality
Laves at invisible seams