Awakened sudden, fright <br /> <br />night falling, mid flight <br /> <br />Plunging, stark, void dark <br /> <br />jolted conscious with a start <br /> <br />Tranquil, immersed, falling gently <br /> <br />well versed, evidently <br /> <br />Fall again this time asleep <br /> <br />gently floating on the neap <br />. <br />Slow motion, in flight <br /> <br />Indian Ink, Ocean kite <br /> <br />Tumble turning on a whim <br /> <br />limbs splayed against the wind <br /> <br />Dreaming in a liquid sky <br /> <br />swimming fluidly I fly <br /> <br />Playful porpoise twixt the stars <br /> <br />above the noblemen and tsars <br /> <br />Silent view through feathered clouds <br /> <br />familiar ground, familiar crowds <br /> <br />Cart wheeling through navy night <br /> <br />across red rooftops graceful flight <br /> <br />My liquid sky ignites a trail of tiny silver sparks <br /> <br />as bioluminescent flares are triggered in the dark <br /> <br />Tracking fingertips in flight <br /> <br />a sea of night washed plankton bright <br /> <br />On a gentle whispered breeze, eyes shut wide <br /> <br />empty mind with increased ease I glide <br /> <br />Stark bark interrupts my tranquil flight at sea <br /> <br />becalming dark gentle night promptly released me <br /> <br />Awake awake, awakened <br /> <br />stirred gently not but shaken <br /> <br />Quilted landing back to earth <br /> <br />to barking dog and crashing surf <br /> <br />Euphoric sense post flight intense <br /> <br />sliver of light spills in through vents <br /> <br />Return journey booked in advance fly out tonight on slumbered trance<br /><br />Anthony Burge<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/night-flight-dreaming/
