The Dream

Last night you were in a dream
I dreamed you were
walking on the shore
over the little stones
and I was walking with you
last night when I dreamed about you
I dreamed I followed you
I thought I was awake
I wanted you
as though you were a young seal
you were what I wanted
as a young seal
in the eyes of a hunter
before it dives because it's being followed
you were what I wanted
that's how
I wanted you
in my dream about you.


~Inuit Poem from "I Breathe A New Song"
Trans. Lewis