EZE VILLAGE before Christmas Photograph by Karen Stephen. All rights reserved.

winding down
new memories yet unborn
asleep ere the celebration arrives

drifting through dreams
slivers of imagination
fluttering in secret nooks

walking through midnight spaces
that hibernate
until eyelids close

minds dissolve
then burst into exotic avenues
brimming with intrigue

dreams conjured
by capricious master
liquid dreams
wild with passion
desperate flights
on wingless arms

by act of will
demons are banished

dreamless sleep
as old as childhood
as new as the next breath
welcomed

sanctuary found
in unconscious grottoes
shimmering with pools of blessings

restored
energy harvested like golden sheaves
to feed a year of tomorrows