Waking inside a World at War

Dreams couldn’t care less
About the company
Of other dreams they keep.

Even the overall
Emotional tenor
Can swing from dream to dream.

In an hour before dawn
A little restlessness
Can yield romance, terror,

General frustration,
The ghosts of your parents,
A world implausibly

At peace in all corners,
Not even a quarrel,
Inside a world at war.