Over forty years

ago, in a dream I was

too young to really

understand, I was very

old and found I must

descend deep into a vast

expanse of water.

 Uncoerced but reluctant,

I began moving

down through water that became

more clear the deeper

down I went. I did not go

 alone. A man with

a staff went with me. There came

a point when I knew

I had gone as deep as I

 had to go and we,

the man and I, made our way

back to the surface.

 When our heads broke the water,

 he vanished and I

was stunned by the play of light.

Now, older than I

was in that long ago dream,

I begin to understand.

                                                                                JDG