Dreams
Avoiding Stuff
Feeding anything that looks even vaguely fierce,
since he doesn’t feel like dealing with
that kind of stuff today
Awakening
In those days, we finally chose to walk like giants
& hold the world in arms grown strong with love
& there may be many things we forget in the days
to come, but this will not be one of them.
Ancient Songs
That was the day the ancient songs of blood & war spilled from a hole in the sky & there was a long moment as we listened & fell silent in our grief & then one by one, we stood tall & came together & began to sing of life & love & all that is good & true & I will never forget that day when the ancient songs died because there was no one in the world to sing them.
Angel of Dreams
Every night for a hundred years the angel of dreams came to the town & splashed the walls with bright colors that stayed until the first light of day.
Ant Gods
I dug up an anthill once & my friend told me the ant gods would come to get me in my dreams & I said I didn’t believe him, but later that night I went down & tried to put the anthill back together & I even added some lettuce & mashed potatoes & pork chop from dinner in case they’d been too busy to eat & I never heard from the ant gods, so I figure it worked out.