Poetry

by Hakucho

A look at Morpheus and a creation of his in the Dreaming. Characters are C Neil Gaiman and DC Comics.

Long ago, there was nothing.

And then, there was a land.

It stretched and swelled,

then life was allowed to live

on its face. A sky was washed

above the sea, then trees broke

through wild grass with licks –

dabs –

rounds of shaded greens

near the mountains, hills and plains.

...And then, people were allowed

to dwell by rocks, shores, caves

and woods; to form their huts and broods

and breathe, by Murphy's name.

'But what people, lord?' asked the raven, as he perched himself onto his master's shoulder. 'That shall be seen,' said his master, while lights shone bright in the black of his eyes. Without breaking his chain of thought he concentrated on his words, and then observed as they grew outside his mind.