Dreamer

The space you stare into is vast,

I can see behind your glass-like gaze, the maze revealed

Is twisted and infuriating, concealed within

An enigma, wrapped in a riddle

And shrouded in mystery.

You whistle Dixie as the seconds

Unravel into days, unconnected to the world

As you collapse through the motions of time.

To you; sublime.

But a lapse in your absence brings you back to me

Briefly. And as quick as you came you are gone

Once again as you fly away off with the fairies,

The prairies of your isolate mind unravel before you

As you travel amongst them in awe.

The wondrous heat of a sun that’s not there

Warms your skin, which is cooled

By the wind in your hair that you’re so sure is real,

But it’s not.

You’ve forgot what it’s like to exist in the place

Where your face is caressed;

Where your presence is blessed every day, must I say

Anymore how I love you and need you here with me?

Not off in a place where I cannot be with you

My darling, come back to me.

Briefly.

But you’re gone yet again as your eyes roll to white

And your sight is emblazoned with visions of heaven,

The rapture entices, the vices of life

Are dissolved in a sapphire ocean.

Admire it darling but do not forget that the waters are shallow

The jade fields lie fallow

And the radiant sky is as empty and frozen as night.

I cannot offer perfection

But here your reflection is as true as the day

Is the day.

So please bring me back into view

And let me gaze once more on you and see all the beauty of life

In your eyes. Liberate from the lies,

Let your head fall from clouds to my arms

And you’ll be my redeemer, come back to me, dreamer

To exist with me here once again.

Copyright © 2011 by Simon Austin