Lions

At night I dream of lions

I dream in reds and orange

I dream back and forth with my subconscious 

We take turn rocking me in and out of sleep

We creep around my room 

Build walls around myself

 At night I dream of lions

We fight back and forth we argue and bite

At night I fight with lions

We lay sleepless on the floor

We drown in frustration 

In pent up anger

In fire 

In lava

We do not burn

The world has born us with chalis skin

We bark commands at each other

We move through the world as one whole

At night I dream of restlessness 

I dream of sleep 

And serenity 

And the world feeds me lions

Feeds me burning rooms and tells me chew

Tells me shut my eyes

But I can’t sleep without my lions

Born us with wounds we can’t yet claim

At night I turn a lion

And fight will my greater self

We argue and spit 

We jump and take turns burning 

At night I wake up and as I wake the lion wakes

As I dream my lion dreams

The lion lives in my subconscious