-I dreamt of happiness
in
a smile
a ring
a life
in
the sweeping away
of the dust
that settles
on eyelids
the calming of the nightmare
the pre-trembling
of a house
that falls
the reification of breath
as it becomes
and animates
the self
in
surrendering the solitary
word
leaving open the wounds
of possibility
surrendering the words of
solitary
imagination’s dreams
and footfalls
surrendering the mystical
words
of forgoten prayers
and incantations