The World According to Poetry #19
Water Moon
By Stephanie Wood Miller © 2019
In my dreams
I have had a thousand lovers
Ridden a thousand steads
Slayed a multitude of dragons
In my dreams
I have found all that is lost
Uncovered all that is secret
Borne what is unseen
In my dreams
I have burnt
Frozen
Bitten
Swallowed
Consummated
Left, lost, lit
All that there is
To be seen, smelled, heard, touched, and tasted
In my dreams
I have led and followed
Lost and won
Purchased, sold
Destroyed, birthed
Raised, razed, consumed
Supplanted and removed
In my dreams
I have danced and sung
Swung, dipped, flown
Swooped, soared
Swum, drowned
Ducked, drank, dipped, dallied
Climbed, killed, broken and bested
In my dreams
I laugh, fear
Cry, bellow, bark and die
Still all the illusion eludes me
And I am left
Waking to the brilliant East
Where watery dreams recede
Leaving their taste on my thirsty tongue