To sleep

and to dream
and dream
again

running through fields
sifted in yellow
crushed velvet grass
tickling bare feet

racing the clouds
across a painted sky
leaping yellow to
blue to red

sinking into
unimaginable depths
as
fireflies
dart through the waves

shadows dog my steps
invisibly growling
snap and paw
miss and then catch

as my breath grasps
my chest
fails and I
wake