Dappled grey dreams Within the misty forests Of the mind A sleeping dragons breath Firey red embers drift As puddles Of cindered smoke Whisper gently Onto the tongues Of Humming birds Now muted Like incandescent fireflies Glowing, and flowing Succumbing, no longer humming Floundering Their ashen memories Now blown askew Dreams of a Phoenix Long overdue Lie vacant In vacuous vacuums Drifting into portals Of other realities Of other voids Of nothingness The dream dies Eyes blink open Into another day Of a different kind Of dappled grey