Gamer

Some dreams
are like video games.
The more you
repeat them
the better you become
at navigating various
levels. Practice
doesn’t always
make perfect but
dreaming the same dream
multiple times
over multiple years
enables me
to accept situations
as they unfold,
recognize realities,
prioritize options,
evaluate relationships,
locate where I am
in the shifting shadows--
to stand firm in chaos,
see the dangers
and respond in new ways,
use new powers,
and rely
on secrets previously solved
to unlatch truth’s door
in the hallway of endless lies.
Fear transitions to anticipation
as I become familiar
with the dark
and make peace with enemies
now known well.