My Dream Can'T Wait

I longed to share a dream with you A dream that was most sublime It was about the two of us But you said, “Another time!” And so alone, I nursed my dream Wanting so much to share Its depth of passion and desire But it seemed you didn’t care In time my dream lost its appeal And it lost its splendid hue There was nothing of its sweetness left Not a morsel to share with you Then one night you held me tight As fair romance filled the air “Tell me, my love, what was your dream?” How could I when nothing’s there? “A dream deferred” no longer yearns To be lived and brought to light Faded is its splendor now The mind’s eye without sight And slowly now, I break away From the circle of your arms My dream, you see, was dear to me Somehow you've lost your charm Garment of my identity It throbbed with rhythm and rhyme You had no time to hear my dreams "Love” can wait till another time Eileen Manassian Ghali