10,000 Angels

dreams bring courage

Jacobs Dream

Marc Chagall

deeply swaddled

in troubled sleep

covered in

blankets

soaked

with woe

vast crushing stones

of daytime vexations

wring out

the very last

drops of aching

night sweats

a constricting

conscience

strangles

the possibility

of rest

eruptive

violent

struggles

subverts

a desperate

restoration

this damnable

listless sleep

yet in my

nadir of torment

as another

bleak daybreak

creeps closer

a fluttering

voice

hovers

to whisper

courageous

dreamscapes

into my

drowsy ear

"don't be afraid,

I am with you

commanding

the help of

an army

of angels

10,000

strong!"

these are

the days

of miracles

and wonder

don't cry

no more

Paul Simon:

Boy in the Bubble 

Happy Birthday

Paul Simon

jbm

Oakland

10/13/11

Reviews

[r. f. jordan]

hmmm, i love poetry. i love this poetry, this dream, this speaker, this painter, and this message. i also happen to love paul simon, and the boy in the bubble. of late, i have been struggling to sleep, and am being met by the same assurances. this is terrific work, as always. you are a mystical and mythical sage. thank you.