CAESARIAN RECALL

  As I laid me down to sleep
  The night was suddenly alive
  Figures leapt from the curtains
  And danced before my eyes
  
I saw the moon float large as life
  Right into my room
  The air became heavy
  My fingers like balloons.
  My tongue filled my mouth
  I tried to scream
  But could not find my voice.
  
  I awoke in a cold sweat
  In my terror I had rent
  The curtains from their place
  Where the shadows
  Had played upon the wall
  There was nothing there at all.
  The moon was so big last night
  It came into my room
  	                           (recurring childhood dream) 1989