Tower

My mind

is my own tower

inside it I am free

and every imagining 

is without consequence 

I can walk

through any world

spin time into thread

and so it is 

that each of us

is the ruler 

of our own spirit

and can enter places

that in daylight 

will be barred from us.

I do not ask

where you go

in the night’s fastness 

I do not ask

what are the doors

you have opened

within your imagination 

or what powers

you have wielded

in the mirror land

that you can enter

with your eyes shut.

It is possible 

that our shadow selves

are traveling 

hand in hand

to all the places 

we will never see in daylight 

it is possible 

that in the other worlds

we will never meet

and that our suns

will burn in solitude 

until they crumble.

In the bed

my body is left behind 

surrendered to sleep

wrapped into 

a nest of blankets 

and the rest of me

is gone 

where no one 

can follow.