Dreams Of Paradise

Our earthly realm of wonder and beauty Observing its glory is our living duty The most exquisite sight I have ever seen Was a paradise island I have never been A tiny green dot in the mighty ocean blue Unleash your dreams and you may visit too Just close your eyes and raise your sail You’ll be carried there by a windy gale I came ashore to electric blue plankton glow Greeted upon arrival to a bioluminescent show Beach sand glinted with a hue so golden A majestic visual treat that left me beholden Birds of flamboyant colour stunned me aghast Exotic green jungle so lush, dense, and vast I discovered an abundance of tropical trees Many splendrous species, quite keen to please I decided to dwell there, in a cabin of bamboo Cruising immaculate streams in my little dented canoe At night, I marvelled, as the cosmos triumphantly danced Sitting serenely by my campfire, euphorically entranced I awoke that morning in blissful peace For I conjured an idyllic place, never to cease It exists within my beating heart and my musing mind Every time I close my eyes and dream, paradise I find