Dozens of Dreams Deep

Just
   Once
      One time i knew what life was about.
Once foreseen in a dream;
Then,
Somewhat suddenly,
In Providence with you.
The trees all stood as still,
As they never could be.
In their entire lives.
A feat unto itself--serene.
As unmoving as soldiers at attention--proper formation.
Not a branch shook, or shimmied, or swayed,
Not the whole night, or
The whole way.
Strolling over bewitching mist,
All the way there,
And then,
All the way back again.

And,
i knew quite suddenly, in fact,
Rather purely,
That this was as it was,
Even before this was what this is.
i found myself,
Pouring my heart into,
What i knew to be,
What it could not be,
What i could not keep,
But, what simply just is,
Living truth hidden dozens of dreams deep,
Under layers of lifetimes.