islands

i've dreamed enough dreams

of my self

floating

drifting

being carried

down a river

i've swum up them and down them

been pulled to the bottom

and come up gasping for air

i know the metaphor

but being dealt a metaphor

and becoming it

is another thing altogether

~

for me the richest feature

of the living metaphor

are the islands

make your way out to them

and islands

become

vantage points

places to stop

and consider

what has gone before

and what might be becoming