Island of Fantasy

There is a place I long to be…. A fervent wish......I often see Where I can close the book, take a breath Close my eyes….and remember……...............me.... ~ Where once again….I will find myself…. my forgotten self, along the sea… There is a beach of pure white sand An island in a far-off strand Where I shall walk with happy feet Where tall palms overhead will meet Where green and scarlet birds will fly Beneath a golden tropic sky There is a spring, whose waters flow Along a creek bed cold as snow That I shall drink with eagerness With taste of mint and watercress To quench a thirst that I have known Within my very flesh and bone I have a world in which to roam A tree a thousand miles from home That I have never even seen And yet I know it's branches green Will give me shade some happy day Beside a lake long miles away My wish foretells a longing fate And so I'll bide my time and wait ~ There is a place I long to be…. Where I can close the book, take a breath Close my eyes….and remember…… me….. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Contest: Island of Fantasy Sponsor: Nayda Ivette Negron