Upward to Sleep
i was falling
through the mirror
in the library dark
within was green,
dark green,
and other.
met by a raven
in oily black
gimlet-eyed
was this a dream?
i wrestled with thoughts
attempting to wake
clawing at feathers
flying away.
i slipped on a cliff-edge
down into a cavern
black,
deep black
falling
away.
greetings sleeper
she said, with a purr
for she was a cat
unlike others seen
this cat was me-size
and she
was
green.
this one’s awake
she turned and said
me, in the line-up
pretended dead
where was i?
was this real?
or a dream i had?
up my spine crept fear
where was i?
what was this?
what lies beneath life
in slumber’s bliss?
i floated somewhere
i knew not where
i seemed in an ocean
grasping at fronds
avoiding creatures
that creep
drifting
thankfully
upward
to wakeful
sleep.
By KANEIX
© 2008 KANEIX
(All rights reserved)
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