A Prelude

I dreamed I spoke in another's language,
I dreamed I lived in another's skin,
I dreamed I was my own beloved,
I dreamed I was a tiger's kin.

I dreamed that Eden lived inside me,
And when I breathed a garden came,
I dreamed I knew all of Creation,
I dreamed I knew the Creator's name.

I dreamed - and this dream was the finest -
That all I dreamed was real and true,
And we would live in joy forever,
You in me, and me in you.

C.B.

Postumus Botsch pressed his head against the wall, pretending not to hear. Just beyond the copper railings of his cell, his captors were exchanging discussion. The human,