Tag: dreams

I’m going to sleep

I’m going to sleep now
in case you visit my dream

Full moon       on your left temple
that nickel-sized circle of whiter skin
under your straight black hair

I love it specially
As if it is my secret.
Known before.

Jean Valentine

DIANA KHOI NGUYEN

MAN WITH SWAN ARM

He didn't return as a reborn. 
It was awful to be in the vehicle for rooms, 
to never escape walking.  Wind brought the scent 
of reeds, the beetle's salt marsh and the mute 
swan-wife's call, unanswered.  Nesting failure was certain 
because he could not shed the failure of his form.  
Reality is impenetrable.
Only one wet life from his egg clutch loved him.
Loved him through his absence with the blindness
of a god.  Domestic ghosts took the rest.
Left remainders of his former life: eggshells
caught in fruitless brambles.