RESIDENT DREAMS

I am the keeper

chained

as well a holder of a cell’s keys.

A prisoner

in addition to guard

unfettered

by

the tests of night.

My mind is a mirror

composed

of opposing and contradictory

jewels of retention

that fill

more susceptible minds.

Within the chore imagined

are the princes unspoken

that wear crowns

kept in a box

dreamt of

during a future season.