A. C. Leming

DREAMS

My
dreams
consist of
climbing stairs,
one by one, feeling
muscles clench and relax
at the direction of nerves driven
by my will to ascend up and up, away
from the darkness of waking, immobile, in
                                              my hospital bed.

AC Leming participates in Poem-a-Day Challenges (through Poetic Asides blog) and has attempted NaNoWriMo twice. "Dreams" is from her unpublished chapbook The Real Bionic Woman, inspired by her cousin Abrey. She grew up in the Alaskan Bush, has earned a black belt in Karate and works toward one in jiu-jitsu.