Small little dream

 I went on to imagine
A future where I am not me
I could not even fathom
What I would be
But I still had that
Small little dream
My mind kept acting weird
It wished for a world where I
Do not really exist
More like a ghost
Watching over the ship as
It float over the sea
Playing my flute and whistling
Singling along to the singing
Of the sailors out by the ocean
Living out my small little dream
I float and float and float
Like the little ghost that I am
I wonder over the years
If this is what I have become
I exist in people's lives periodically
And I try to make them better
I persist in my imaginative theories
Freeing me from my past's fetters
Walking on and floating by
You never see me
As I say my goodbye
And set you free
Of me
Oh but what is such a small little dream
Compared to the facts and the truths
When will I wake up again
And be the person I always was
I wonder if I will ever get to fly away
I wonder if I will hide in the trees
To prevent people from seeing me
Trying to float on my way
Find my path through the skies and stars
Locate the next destination
Out in the open fields
Or in the ocean
I will be there but I
Will be free
To dream a small little dream
A tiny little dream
Something that I feel
A little clutching smothering smoky mirror
That reflects nothing but lies to me
But I indulge it nonetheless
Fully knowing what it is telling me
The truth never felt so irrelevant
Compared to my tiny little dream
The world never felt so damn empty
And I was really free
To roam
From South Africa
All the way to Rome
Floating by the boats in Venice
Watching the aurora borealis glow
Dreamt a small little dream
And it helped me, as a person
Grow

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