You Are The Leader.

see the words flit on hidden wings
away from wrinkled mouths in faces
made of sand. you awake to
tender happiness, happening in quick
backward glances, captured in snapshots.
spoken syllables linger in the air,
exhaust from living matter,
tempting you further toward
a total truth. under deeply hooded eyes
is understanding; under the mountains
in the east, a single light shining brightly
against surrounding darkness; with a million
beating hearts, heroes await your call
to arms. you are the light, the leader;
you have awoken, broken away from
stolen time in disconcerting dreamscapes.
in someone close by or someone far away,
you'll find a tiny key that fits just right.
you are the leader, you are the light.