Way Before Trust Poem by Grant House

You are an animal

A lithe svelte swift and keen animal

One who is about to slip off
to a protective oak
in dream savanna

where flying dreams
are how we get around
and kindness mists

hug you close
as you fall asleep
deep inside your dream

and sail off into dream lands
inside dream lands,
worlds away and ever nearer your true self

Sleep within sleep within sleep
Dreams within dreams within dreams
Way before trust

Untethered

Drifting

Away

Away

Away

Closer and closer and closer

To home.