I prefer daydreams
I can turn them off at will or return them
to a more pleasant path if they detour
from where I want to go.
Dreams? I thought I’d stopped dreaming
then I found love again
Well, it found me, I wasn’t looking for it.
Sure enough back they came to disturb
my sleep and leave me drained
tossing and turning in disbelief
that my uncontrolled mind could take me
on such a rollercoaster ride
I hate rollercoasters!
The gut wrenching, drops, the G-forces
imprisoning me on one terrifying spot
long enough to see distortion in myself.
Dreams huh? They take my longings
and turn them into enigma. Puzzles
twisting and turning into mazes
where I’m lost. and no one provided
a map!
Infinite variations on a theme intent on losing me
Personally I love Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody
on Paganini’s Theme but I seem to be stuck
with Elgar’s variations of his own enigma.
Dreams huh? Windows of opportunity?
I’ve heard them called that, but I can’t see
through mine. I wonder how you clean an
intangible?
Occasionally, just occasionally, I find a dream
I don’t want to leave, beautiful, overflowing
with peace and loving and then the alarm rings
and the snooze button won’t work!