under the seven seas: at night

under the seven seas

i go to sleep as

the cat told me,

him now on my legs

heavy , in trance

i go to dream, i dive

under the seven seas

where i will find you,

breathing , air rising

from you and 

from your seven dwarfs,

you have slept

with seven poisons

for seven years

must i kiss you

to flow up together

or must we sink or float

in the deep cold blue

or can we fly in mid air

for a time as wild geese, 

fly in the seven skies

next to each other

or walk the seven hills,

the autumn orchards,

with the scent of apples

and of sweet plums

can i take your load:

I'd carry your school bag

for part of the way

and fill it with ladybugs,

sandalwood, fresh hay:

there is nothing in books,

i will hide them

under rocks on the way

in a rose coloured dawn,

seven wishes for morning,

seven for the night:

to sail the seven seas

and dance with dwarfs

into the dusk behind trees,

grow in the forest

and out in the fields

where the ticking of clocks

and the call of chimes

will sink into silence,

with rhythms and music

to take us across time

and out of the coffins

in which we had hidden
seven times,
with seven poisons,

for seven years

under seven seas