Dare Me To Be Afraid

Tomato kissed children

lifting off into the darkness

dare me to be afraid

weave through a quest

eating a thorny peach

hidden through out the

humid breakfast burrito

moving out down hill

until it stops

rain drop footsteps

come crashing down on

my window

I'm left standing there

in your prayers

white wool shone through

the mirror

afraid of waking

gold barely used

arranging two dozen

tales

bridges, boats,

a street lamp twenty

feet away

freckle soup splashing

me in my face.

skipping egg cartons

over the lake.

canvas sneakers carrying leaves.

not an end but a begining.