I had a most distressing dream last night   I dreamed I was a crystal bird   Caught in perpetual flight      I'd ascend and glide and descend and ride   On the wind and never alight   I had a most distressing dream last night      Glass enclosed, exposed wherever I flew   With no control and a crystal soul   That one could see right thru      No ethereal nest where I could rest   I was frightened by what I knew   That my two crystal legs were broken in two      When I awoke my heart was beating fast   As if all night and endless flight   An eternity had passed      As I shook my head and slipped from my bed   Released from the prism, at last   I stepped upon a bit of shattered glass