Was told,

“The pretty boy in the forest—

If you want him,

you can have him.

But you must also

inherit this ramshackle house,

fetch water and chop wood

to survive the long dark nights.”

But the dreamer

could also be

a faerie queen

turning the house into

a midsummer night’s dream

If on a summer’s night a dreamer

was invited

into a coffee shop

in a girl’s mind,

a shelter

from the long, dark, Northern nights.

Lost in the forest, the dreamer

was told,

“Turn right and go straight ahead,

and you’ll step straight into 

our warm-scented dimension.”

Years are passing, the girl’s fading

And she, or the coffee shop, says

Remember me, remember me for

those who still need me

on a winter’s night

Relive the past

Revisit a place

Regain a certificate

The Sleeping Beauty flutters

her eyelids

in dreams

Congratulations

on graduation

By the old sea

meet the new you

as a new me

in the new sun

of a new kingdom coming.

Written on August 18

Released on August 19