I awoke from a dream in human form
crawled out of my black bed
through my black room
filled with yellow poppies
I walked in the light and examined myself
wearing someone else's clothes
speaking someone else's words
living someone else's life
I covered the eyes of a passing woman
showing her things she'd never seen
thoughts she never pondered
sins she had long forgotten
I laid her down in a bed of Ivory
promised her treasure and love
adorned her in silver and lace
as my brother prowled in the distance
I kissed her softly with milky lips
as she drifted off to narcotic slumber
her pulse lightened under my touch
her breath slowing to a whisper
I wrapped her completely in my arms
a stranger she's known all her life
just one of a thousand sons
who leaves before she wakes
