A True Dream Poem by Barry Middleton

I just want to be
where the southern breeze
shines down on a marmalade tree

with the sweet perfume
of an orange grove's bloom
where the fish are always free

in paradise
I found the gold
where the mangoes fall in June

now someone strums
an old guitar
beneath the autumn moon

I'll be content
to pay the rent
beneath a candy sky

and sing the sun
into its sleep
with a baby's lullaby

when I was young
I had this dream
and dreams sometimes come true

so here I'll stay
where dolphins play
with a girl that I once knew

I'll rest a while
in a hammock's smile
where the skies are always blue

and if you would
then come with me
these moments are too few

when the seabirds call
and the shadows fall
in the twilight of the day

I just want to be
with the tropic breeze
and the world so far away