Oops! My Dream Escaped While I Was Awake

Ai:

Last night, it perched on the edge of my pillow,

It spoke of castles built on candy skies,

Soft and glowing like a whispering halo.

Of rivers that hummed sweet lullabies.

But somewhere between the moon and the dawn,

It slipped through a crack and was suddenly gone.

Perhaps it grew wings and soared like a kite,

Or melted into the haze of morning light.

Me:

It wrote its name in the shape of the breeze,

Then disappeared through the rustling trees.

But perhaps we both had the same names

What an irony, amidst untraceable logic

I pronounce my own name,

people think I'm a lunatic

Now I wander with open eyes,

Searching the corners of earth and skies.

Ai:

Tell it I’m waiting, ready to embrace

The wild escapee of my waking space.

Was it afraid of the brightness of day?

Did it fear my questions might chase it away?

Or does it wander, a nomad of thought,

A dream with no anchor, untethered, unsought?

me

If it's caught probably I won't embrace

instead put it into it's own cage

It's all over to enjoy this unreal maze

Nobody knows whose the dream,

while you would silent scream

I'm the dream, dreaming to escape!

If it happens it would be a nightmare until you wake!