A Dream of Sleep

I dream of sleep
Like a bedouin dreams of water
Never enough and
Always a mirage.

I dream of sleep
Like rivers dream of oceans
Impossibly vast and
Too far to imagine.

I dream of sleep
Like a tiger dreams of prey
Stalking, ever closer and
Almost in my grasp.

I dream of sleep
Like a baby dreams of womb life
Not able to conceive disconnection and
Life apart.

I dream of sleep
And I pray that I may find it
Tonight between the wakings
When the baby sleeps.