I am happy enough still

as I wake nothing taking over there

mind left to the haze veiled in that instant between sleep

and wake dreamy like a child yet fully formed

by the world life

I accept this duality I have lived here long enough

accept though not the end I accept fantasy

imagineering

idealized

and also

this table this chair this postbox this dog

this flower dying gently more beautiful each day

would that the world too not planet world but human world

know this as well

we have washed our faces clean of the sleep

living eyes half focused on eyes

not daring to see let ourselves see the luminous

sleep veiling our neighbors eyes for fear of

the reflection