Directed Dreaming Poem by Atef Ayadi

as you fall into sleep

do you have
control
of your
dreams
or
dream life in dreams

ok!

do you have a thought

about what is going to happen?


the last time
i remember,
it was
a tense
dream.

i started to fall

and i came to realize
that i can fly

not
while falling
but a real fly as if falling is not an issue.

i flow upward
downward
and

in all direction.


this happened long time ago

it happened
when i went to the rocky mountains
then down into the valley.

now tell me

what is the direct dreaming
what do you try to dream
or direct?


are you balanced

or off the balance?

you started

with some generalities

you end
up
being
specific


now what is your dream
general dream

and your little
abstracted

dream?

try

pull off the pressure from your ears

and start

listening to yourself.