Six silver coins flash in my pocket
Seven smiling cats flash their claws
A suspension bridge wobbles and sways
Above rocky and treacherous jaws

A night a day
A place inbetween
Awake asleep
Not what it seems

A house on fire that hangs in midair
A forest I know
But I don’t
I must get to the bottom of this
I must run but
My legs won’t

Skies at the edge of the world are churning
Creatures who burst from the seas
Larger than tsunami waves looming
Blacker than hearts of ebony trees

Dressed in moonlight I fly through the night
Higher and higher over mountains below
I land on the peak to ski down the slope
Gliding like lightning on sparkling snow

A garden like the Queen of Hearts’
Beside a friend I long ago knew
Chatting as if no time had passed
Since the dense wood split our paths in two

A blurry hand
Before my face
Am I dreaming?
What is this place

A sheet a pillow
My forearm is numb
The light from the day
Already begun

Waking up with a song in my head
I can’t run but
I can walk much faster than this
Lyrics coiling round the bed
Oo-wee    oo-wee
Sleep and waking blur and twist

The day turns solid and the
Dreamlands float away
But otherworldly whispers linger
And the song still plays