I Dreamed a Dream

I dreamed a dream, past the hours of the twilight

Comfortably warm as the waking sun, stretching its arms.  

Lush green and soft as the dewy morning grass

Melodiously heartening as the song of the birds.

I dreamed a dream, beyond the breadths of grasp

Weaved of threads of clouds and seventh strings.

Grappled for the sky, I only gloved the blues.

No one understood, I dreamed of touching music.

I dreamed a dream, looking through the lens

The world a theater, with the story of life on stage

Eyes widened for dance, soul open for opera

Tickets for a mono act but hoping for a dialogue.

I dreamed a dream, built from pieces of me

Strung from hope, it dwarfed me.

When morning knocked, I quivered and ran

Sunk in pits, I sang the dream to drown the taps.

I dreamed a dream that like a poet spoke

‘I am but wasn’t meant to be’, it wrote

‘Don’t hold onto me, but watch me grow

Stay with me but let me go’.

I dreamed a dream that still ceases to end

While the waking hours call from beyond the horizon.

I bargained with my heart and whispered to my dream

‘Dear darling, I’m going to miss you in my thoughts’.