XI

 
they dream in unison
but only he knows this
he always closes their eyes
or places coins over their eyelids
one time he sewed with needle and thread
their eyelids shut

he is afraid of being seen
not so much of capture
only that it would stop his work
destroy his art
very annoying

the fear is ever present
but strangely compelling
of losing his power
over something else
which must come inevitably

in order
to be immortalised
the loss of invisibility
one superpower traded
for another