Garden

I remember that garden. Same benches, same fountain Slowly I step in Same faces, same air. Babies play Bawling happy Nannies and mothers… Fading away… Benches, fountain Babies and noises All fade away Leaving me alone. A gate surrounds me It has no ending I walk disoriented Looking for a sunbeam. Only shadows around me Ghosts of my past Not a movement Not a sound I sit ashore Keeping my head For no letting my thoughts fly For no letting my memories go I fall asleep And the benches, the fountain, The babies, mummies, nannies, All return. I keep sleeping, I can see the light I can feel the life I can live in my dreams.