I HAD A DREAM

 

I had a dream

Within a dream,

That I’d dreamed

The dreams

I’d never seen.

 

Of clouds and hills

And mountains tall,

Swathed in trees

And waterfalls.

 

The leaves were pink

And made of silk

And all the streams

Brimmed with milk.

 

There were coloured skies

In pastel shades,

Ice cream peaks,

And strawberry glades.

 

Deer that slid

On empty air,

A fox that

Hugged a scary hare.

 

There were badgers dressed

In suits of green

And mice that

Ran away from cheese.

 

Lakes that

Broke the sun apart

And threw it back at night

As stars.

 

And as the dawn

Split the sky

The moon became

An apple pie.

 

Clouds of white

Rained as cream

On peachy stones

Then turned to steam.

 

And the steam became

A butterfly

That fluttered on a

Breeze of smiles.

 

A sweeter dream there’d never been

Within that dream I’d never seen.