Dream Fort

Dream Fort

Trevor Kaldor

12/22/16

Last night I dreamt we had a fort in the woods

Instead of a dog, and kids.

We played until the light thinned

The trees stretched out

And the ground began to swallow all the unnecessary sound

We slept and dreamt we had a dog and kids

A sound of engines

And feeling of headlights

Crept into the sleepy woods

unknown grown ups with their serious talk

were louder than the engines

but they did not enter past the trees

they swayed back and forth on their spindle legs

as adults tend to do, trying to see

without getting dirty

but the woods now seemed spoilt.

We gathered our clothing and headed for the street

Stalling on the path

We pushed back against headlights and metal

Glancing at the fort,

Through the dusky woods

We knew we could not come back

so we pushed back again,

But this time, the metal blankets gave way

And the stabbing headlights were the horizon

As the sun broke through