When I sleep, I fall into darkness.
Soldiers attack and shoot me.
Dead people come back.
They go about like it’s nothing.
I fight to wake up.
Dark shadows won’t let me.
They chase me.
I tell my sleepy body to move but I can’t.
They’re pleased. Now they have me.
I’ve got more chapters to write.
Every word creates light.
So I write and write and write . . .
until I wake up to the sunlight.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Poem, 3/26/19 –
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