Dream

This
a child's stick figure dream
the sun drums upon the clouds
faeries hum with their wings
they sing and dance the dream
under the moonlight

I have always been dubious of a moon in a sunny sky,
like something went wrong with the video,
a dream superimposed on another,
and one is a nightmare

a child's nightmarish scream
when the darkness opens up
and seems to be ready to devour
and the darkness is thicker
in the closet and under the bed

and what moonlight slips around the curtain
creates a tiger from a pile of clothes
on the floor
or a twisted vampire shadow beyond
the closet's open door

The closet is always the bane of the child mind. One can avoid dark under the bed,
by remaining on top of the bed
but when the overly large ape like monster
comes out of the closet of night's dreams
you can not avoid if it wants to tickle you
until you cry in pain
      But in the early morning dawn
when light appears before the sun
I dream a world of friendships

We all have our spirit animals.
Every day I dream my friends
in primal animal shape and we
build our world

You never really lose a friend
they live on in the person you are
and you feel them every night
in your dreams and your nightmares