My Dreams at Night

Alone in fitful dreams at night,

I hike through unexplored places…

Risking safety in hopes to find

Lost friends and familiar faces.

Gazing from highest mountain tops,

Down into the deepest valleys…

I have also explored major city streets,

Also, the smallest town’s back alleys.

Sometimes the cherished memories,

Will not survive one’s dreams at all.

Many will simply disappear,

As Aging diminishes one’s recall.

Meanwhile there are crevices,

And dark Valleys left to explore

The beauty calls "You’re getting warmer",

So I continue to unearth more.

There are tide pools along the journey,

Where the tiniest life exists…

Yet I still have the audacity…

To find a human I can’t resist.