A dreamer

DREAMER OF DREAMS

           


UPON THE FERTILE LAWNS OF MY HEART DOES
SHE LAY IN MY DREAMS.  A SMILE, CAST FROM
HEAVEN ABOVE DOES SHE OFFER TO THIS
DREAMER OF DREAMS.  FOR SHE, THIS LOVE OF
MINE IS FOREVER CAUGHT UP IN THIS HEART OF
MINE.

SHE IS BEAUTY; SHE IS SOFTNESS AND SHE IS ALL
WHICH I KNOW AS LOVE.  HERE, DEEP IN MY
SLUMBERINGS, IT IS SHE WHO BLOWS
DANDELION FLEECE WITH HER TEMPTING LIPS. 
SHE, WITH EYES SO DEEP, IS THE ONE WHOSE
SONG IS THE WIND I LOVE SO DEEPLY.

AND YET, WHERE IS THIS DREAM OF PASSIONS
AND NEED WHEN THESE EYES ARE NOT ASLEEP? 
SHE IS HERE, THAT IS SO TRUE, FOR I CAN HOLD
HER DREAMS AND LIFE.  WHO IS SHE, ONE MIGHT
WONDER WHO HAS CAPTURED THIS HEART.  SHE
IS MY WIFE

WHY IS IT THAT I, BUT A SOLITARY MAN, WRITES
ALL THIS OF MY LOVE FOR HER?  AH, TIS IT NOT
LOVE WHO TAUGHT ME TO LISTEN TO THE
WINDS IN THE TREETOPS?  WAS IT NOT LOVE,
SIMPLE AND SWEET, WHO TAUGHT ME TO SMELL
THE SWEET CLOVERS?

YET, THIS MAN I HAVE BECOME FROM WITHIN
EYES I LOVE HAVE I FOUND A SECRET I CAN
SHARE.  YET WHAT CAN ANY MAN SHARE WHEN
SO DEEPLY IN LOVE?  ONLY THIS:  IN LOVE I
HAVE FOUNDONLY MIGHT, AND IN LOVE I MIGHT
DARE TO BE JUST MYSELF                                 


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