In the dream
I look up from my desk
into the smile on the madman’s face
in that long eternal moment
before he wrecks the plane
In the dream
I am old and frail on a mis stepped step and
I am the young and strong who catch my eye
as pushed and pushing they pass me by
and will live with it till they wake or die
In the dream
I am the man in uniform
climbing endless stairs against a human sea
only to find them endlessly
folding in on me
In the dream
I am the woman in the chair
that two men carried down the stair
gripping the wheels as I hear them say
the lady is still standing in the bay