DarkSummer_085
A child, the central character, gets manipulated by the devil in his dreams, in the initial stanzas of the poem. He wakes up light-hearted but immediately craves the lost dreamland, dying to relive all the absurdity and amusement.
The sweet-and-sour dream sequences entice the kid to go back to sleep to 'resume' his fantasy world journey, but in vain.
An inner conflict results in the child finally giving in and accepting reality, but then a strange realization turns his life upside down.
The poem talks about acceptance and the impermanence of human emotions.