Dream Sounds
by Marlena
I dream so that the wind
will hear me coming
and step back to let me pass
I dream with eyes open
and fingertips grasping
and shoulders flung back
and elbows thrown wide
everyone tells me to
wake up
all my life I have said
yes yes yes
and tonight I’m learning
to say no
I pocket the silvery shadows
and smuggle them
just under my skin
into morning but
they never glow quite as bright
in the daylight
slipping away
sand in my fist
I dream so that the neighbors hear me
I dream so that the Gods hear me
everyone tells me
to wake up
I dream of
keeping my eyes squeezed shut
saying
no