Narkumfaru a universe of dreams

 I am a shadow in the streetlight at night.
I sought sleep but not a wink in sight.
So I wander the streets, my teeth sensitive.
My tongue dry, movements tentative.

I leap streetlight to streetlight like a stoat.
nothing registers my approach.
I steal traveling bodies and pack them.
bundling them into my sack for dream.

I return to the invisible shelter Narkumfaru.
Counting lost ones like animals in a zoo. 
testing their dreams with curiosity and care.
sewing forbidden places with their nightmares.

behind the invasive bamboo left to grow free.
I witness the old timid spirits greet me.
Distribute the lost ones back into their heads.
Back into their homes and respective beds.

A piece of them mine forever filling a cup.
to galaxies in a new universe I draw up.
To the shape and reality that pleases me.
One where I reign surreal sovereignty.

One where I get a decent night's sleep.