I’ve now started to dream
while being awake
Sleep no longer needed
to open the gate
The visions come clearly
the music I hear
My mind surrenders
looking back on the years
I’m fully aware
but entranced when they come
The words of my Fathers…
the beat of a drum
My eyes partly close
as the chanting begins
My spirit reclaimed
—from the darkness within
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)