Just go back to sleep

And let the dream fade into oblivion

Like a candle snuffed out 

The gray black smoke dissipates 

And only a whisper of the scent remains

Until you wonder if you ever burned the candle at all

And what was the dream?

Snatches of it come back to you 

A song

A conversation

A familiar face, someone you know 

but now cannot recall

Someone you spoke with

And laughed with

A friend

A strange encounter

Were you in the ocean?

There was an octopus

but now…

now there is nothing at all

And you go back to a listless slumber

Never to dream at all