Shifter’s Dream
Oh, to sleep at night!
To have the night-light moon
to share my dreams. And stars
in their infinity holding back the day.

To sleep
with no jack-hammered
neighbor’s insistence,
no phone calls breaking into REM,
nor half-truth answers, “No, I wasn’t
asleep.”

To have the sun gently
with its kitten-paw play
nudge at toes and knees
before batting my face
with its warmth.

Oh, to sleep at night!
To sleep
at night.