Do You?

Do you see it?

The way it pulls at your chest.

The way it screams softly.

How it stomps silently

and how it listens exclusively.

Do you see it?

When it brushes past your skin.

When it is a shield made of smoke.

What it does when you forget

and where it leads when you follow.

Do you see it?

Come and go until you

beg for it to stay.

Or pave your path even

when you walk the other way.

In hopes you’ll come back

Do you see it?

Lie awake in the evening

and leave early to be ahead

yet comes to life in the day

while you lie still instead.

Frozen in your cowardice.

So, do you see it?

The Dream that haunts you still…