DEER IN THE DARK

Watch the dream

watch you!

Watch how it moves

through the darkness.
Quivers and creeps
toward the place
you are hiding.

How its lithe, spectral body

almost shatters

under the weight

of its own fear.

How every step

is an exquisite quest

into curiosity, courage, and presence,

a foraging for safety.

Let it find you!
Startle you!

When it does,

and it will,

don’t be surprised

if yours is the next body

to tremble.