Within a Dream
 
I had a dream in which
I dreamt that I was dreaming,
and I cut my hair long,
wrapped the curls in satin
like a coffin,
and handed them to my children
like precious heirlooms,
as if they held the answers
to all the mysteries of my life

And when I awoke I didn’t know
if I was waking from my dream
or from the dream within my dream
and I spoke of a red brick house
with windows toward every horizon
shuttered to every corner of my soul
and yet I knew
the south wall faced only you

Then again I awoke,
and looked at life
through the hole in my left eye
and through the blur,
everything suddenly became clear

 

march 2011 
Janet Reid