I went for a walk yesterday.
The evening was a blue blanket
Draped around my skin
I walked into a dream.
My hair grew into a bush of roses
The red of their joy
Splashed scarlet upon my cheeks.
I checked for thorns,
My fingers returned without a prick.
Oh, the air was so sweet
Like a child’s candy daze
Sticking to my face like a warm embrace.

Drops of light fell like leaves on my path
I stepped on them, unthinking,
A fraction of a moment later
I held my breath, afraid,
Did I bring back the dark?
It took me by surprise, when the little pools of light
Jingled under my feet,
Flaring through my form like soft thunder.
Every step staged a firework show.

I wish I had nowhere else to go
But the sunset had begun.
I had to return.
As I turned to retrace my steps
I was almost about to wake,
When I heard my dream speak,
“I know you have miles
And miles to go before you sleep,
But don’t you forget, if you don’t pause to dream
Your eyes will see a solitary street
When there are thousands not taken.
Goodbye for now, I bid you adieu,
I wish your dreams
May all come true.”