reluctant dreamer

i am the silence of the night,
the shadow in a dream.
i am the face that stares back
from the stillwater pond.

[you break the image and look away
then wake to add more wood to the fire.
shuddering, you draw closer,
eventually to dream again.]

i saw the tree that no one saw
falling to the forest floor.
go there with me,
help me pick up the pieces.

i am the silence of the night,
the shadow in a dream.
i whisper your name as the breeze
softly kisses your cheek.


5/12/1991