December 24, 2020

The Dream You Always Wanted

 (c) 2016

In this dream everyone is happy.

 

You find your way home, fully clothed.

The key fits the lock, the locker isn’t bare.

 

No tsunami crashes, covering the street

in tossed cars and uprooted trees.

The earthquake has gone still.

 

The most beautiful woman in the world

holds her hand out to you.

 

In this dream all the puzzles are solved.

Metaphors are understood.

 

This is the dream you always wanted—

the one you were afraid to dream.