Euphoric sleep,

Eyes open,

Everglades welcome

Me with open arms,

Daydream against blue

Skies, cloudless as my

Mind’s open fields

Where I escape

Fast-moving, delirious

Life, filled with

Worries and sorrow.

Escape with eyes closed

Any moment of the day,

But when I find euphoric

Sleep, dreaming with eyes

Wide open,

I am a bird gliding

Above mountain ranges,

Free and alive....

I have been struggling

to untie my tongue

for over a decade.

The knot has burrowed

inside my mouth,

the discomfort stifling

when I try to speak;

but when words wade

in deep waters

while I drown,

they become a lifeline.

I need only carry them

to share.

Not in sight, but in

mind’s eye,

a memory of light

that dare not penetrate

the bottom of the ocean.

Should the courage find me,

I will swim to fin...