Just a Dream

(As published in Sunflowers and Seashells Pathways, 2010, Eber & Weinstein Publishing)

When pixies taunted and played, poked

Prodding to see the sleeping beauty

Lying in fields of baby’s breath

Rain beating fiercely down upon

The jonquil waiting for you

With trees howling in sharp winds of faith

Bending to and fro but unyielding like this

Feeling within me, a fit of faith

Where faith did not exist in time

Awaken me from a slumber of fairies

Lying in the meadows of wounded hearts

Lift me in to hero arms and save the

Monkshood and narcissus for another day.

Shower me in roses of every color

And kisses of violets, white and blue

Stay standing by my side

As I wake and wait to see the ivy

Growing up castle walls into

Rooms of kings and queens

Divine lords and ladies dancing

Give me a kiss through time, a light touch

In a storm, gentle breezes caress me

Whisper sweet nothings into my soul

Bringing tears of tulips — it was just a dream.