Cabin In The Wood Poem by Barry Middleton

the world is all too real
I wish it were a dream
for then I could awake
beside a silver stream

far up a shady valley
where I might find relief
from all of earthly worry
and all of earthly grief

I would be young again
and heed my inner voice
then I would find a way
to make a better choice

but dreams are ever frail
and time will steal away
reality has crushed
the hope of yesterday

the forest is my cabin
so bring me to its door
and place my ashes there
to rest upon its floor