Person Who Dreams

Person Who Dreams
© Surazeus
2024 04 25

The person is walking along the street 
past houses nestled among wind-blown trees 
that could be in any city on Earth, 
for this person who breathes life in the flesh 
is every person who has ever lived, 
and every name ever spoken is theirs. 

The person looks at leaves fluttering on trees 
and feels eternal beauty of the sun 
that blooms in every tree that ever blooms 
in every meadow beside every lake 
filled by every river that ever flows 
where they walk along every road of hope. 

The person looks at white clouds in blue sky 
that gather water from oceans of faith 
which they scatter as rain on every hill 
where people gather in light of the moon 
to prepare meals from the bountiful woods 
then feast and share every tale ever dreamed. 

The person who stands on our spinning sphere 
is me who gazes at the world with eyes 
that beam rays of light into my brain cells 
which organize their colors into shapes 
based on ideas my thoughts categorize 
to conjure virtual model of the real world. 

The person who perceives the world of forms 
is you who ponders what is real or not 
by expressing concepts in sentient sounds 
that convey vision of that world you see 
which indicates to others how you feel 
so you accept the fruit I offer you. 

The person who dreams the world we perceive 
is us who tell each other how we feel 
by inventing language that distorts the truth 
to conform to state ideologies 
prophets design to control our rogue minds 
when we enforce our right to live and eat. 

The person is standing on the hill top 
and painting image with wet globs on wood 
that represents the world our eyes perceive 
where organic forms made of chemicals 
interact through romantic tragedies 
in games that determine who breeds with whom. 

The person who plays lyre of Mercury 
sings ballad about daughter of Apollo 
who falls in love with son of Lucifer 
so they run away to build paradise 
where they raise children in Garden of Eden 
who sell apples in the market of hope.