Your eyes


like turquoise camel beads


smooth polished stones


tumbled in oceans of tears


ward off evil spirits


whispering and leering 'round icy columned


bedposts





I hide in venetian blinded sleep


peering at the shadows winking and


smirking in nightmares





You smooth out my dreams


like wrinkled sheets





I dive beneath the cliffs of dawn


down to the caves of slumber