I Dream Light

by

Crystal Dawn Allen

in your darkness,
i dream light
i dream of shattered mirrors tonight
and broken glass
and prayers in flight
and big black eyes that
stare at sight

for in your shadow
where fireflies dance
is the shadow of a shadow-
that one last glance
that delighted in the music of your
silent trance

in your shadow,
i dream light
in your silence,
i dream chants

in the quiet of the evening
in the falling of the snow
in the lateness of the hour
i steal lamplight from the snow
i dream angels borne in darkness
i dream demons borne in stone
then i dream home upon the lamplight;
i dream into the bone.

when the words are all forsaken
when the gateways are forbidden
when the secrets are all hidden
locked in silence, tucked away

i dream tongues
and i dream keys
i dream riddles, answers, theives

i dream roses in your garden
when the roses are no more

i know the night has fallen, love,
i know the sun is down
and i know the candle's wasted, love,
and spilled upon the ground

i can see the letters burning, love,
i see the fire die away
in your darkness, i dream light
but i dream shadows on the way

as the daylight fades away
i dream you're dreaming here beside me,
dreaming oceans into rain

Dream the water into waves, my love!
Dream masters into slaves!
Dream kingdoms into sand dunes
Dream the sunlight into shade!
Draw the mountains to their knees, my lord!
Paint rainbows on their graves!
In the darkness, dream of light,
my lord!
Breathe light into the caves!

(Dream forests into trees, my lord,
Dream honey into bees
Dream all beings to their source, my lord,
Dream rainclouds into seas
Return angels to their heavenly lairs
Return whispers to the breeze
Dream diamonds into coal, my lord,
Dream backwards through your dreams)

in your darkness,
i dream light
i dream of wandering dreams tonight
i dream angels taking flight
howling war cries in your name

the shame! goddamn, the shame!
of dreaming in your dream

in your shadows, in your silence,
using the hollows of your scream.

"Drink the poison of true knowing
Drink from fountains of design
and immerse into the pattern
of pure chaos, then resign"

(and dream our home into lava,
dream the lava into stone
dream the stone into dust, beloved,
and blow the dust back home)

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