Dreams by Cecilia Knight

One Poem Only · Feb 4, 2026 · 1m

Dreams

Cecilia Knight

i’m three months postpartum

and i’m dreaming again

not the kind you get when you’re asleep

what is sleep anyway?

the kind you get when you’re awake

when your eyes are open

and you feel alive

the kind of dreams that remind you

of your fire

i say hello to them

and they feel like a long lost friend

that you meet up with in an empty parking lot

at 5am to watch the sunrise

and talk about what life will be like

when you finally leave this town

they feel like october

they feel like the bonfire

i can hear the wood cracking

i can smell the hay bale im sitting on

the beanie im…