Pantoum (Malay): The Dream

whispering swaths of phantom mist--
the wakened dreamer grasps at fading wisps;
so silently caressing tearful memories
as an artist tracing a masterpiece.

the wakened dreamer grasps at fading wisps
while through the window fresh wind flows on the breeze.
as an artist tracing a masterpiece,
eloquent details imprint their signature.

while through the window fresh wind flows on the breeze,
so silently caressing tearful memories,
eloquent details imprint their signature--
whispering swaths of phantom mist.

5 April 2007 by Glen Alan Woods