I’ve been having dreams Like long lost strolls on moonlit beaches Where the waves erase past steps To make you forget your way Struggling to find a path forward You’re guided by misaligned stars They flicker in the distance And blanket the world Only the moon serves as direction The water rolls to the tips of your toes As It caresses the beach I can’t stand still As the sands of the beach Slowly swallow my feet. I must move forward In the deafening darkness Of the oceans tumultuous tirade I only feel the sand loosening beneath my reality I only see the moonlit path Separating the waves from the floor Shimmering of the tops of the crests And Glittering from the reflexive gems Sparse among the endless floor I hardly know where I’m going But know less why I started And know nothing of where I began In search of endless meaning Gripping for due north I float forward, or backward On the river of time. Foraging for truth I wake up