Float. Drift down
through the water until
you feel your feet
touch sand, or bone.
Or rotten wood. Look up
and watch your dreams
like ribbons illuminating
the dark ripples. They lift
off, slip away to be eaten
by fish or wash up on the island
of dreams, or maybe the mermaids
will use them in who knows what
invention. But you are here
now. There will be other creature's dreams
to walk into. Just put
one foot in front of the other.