On a Passing Cloud There Floats a Dream

Do you ever lie down in grass and gaze,
pretend no duties call and let mind float,
play which knight wins the furious battle
somewhere in the wisps above daylong haze?

A lizard morphs into war time schooner.
Raise those sails! Ready the scope! Man the wheel!
Take a journey crossing perilous seas--
with dragons rising from deep and horror

creatures lurch from Sargasso and bare teeth.
It fades before the appearance of Fido.
Floppy ears turn pointy mouse or scholar.
Few adventures require battles that seeth.

Mind or heat can equally turn so tragic
or fun filled when elves spiral down slides
or angels hop cloud to cloud, bring fire
to sky ablaze with pink, gold, pelagic

and hope rests in rising billow's spark
lightning, rainfall, nourish of tomorrow.
Dream is a need we must cause to flower--
decorate minds and our chummy wood ark.

So tell me truly, tell well what anew beams
think hearty, think faulty but do reveal
do you ever lie down in grass, gaze, for
on a passing cloud there floats brave new dreams.

9/12/2018
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Kendrick Avatar
October 4, 2018 at 8:33 AM
I do look at the clouds occasionally and see what they have to offer in way of dragons, bears, dogs, bunnies, etc. Enjoyed reading your work. Thanks for the time spent reading my work. Sara
Harper Avatar
October 12, 2018 at 11:04 AM
Thanks Sara, likewise always enjoy yours.
Krutsinger Avatar
September 13, 2018 at 7:28 AM
I do lie down in the grass and gaze, and I watch the clouds with sheer amazement, and the bugs and the daddy long legs, arrive to walk over me, up and down, happily, knowing we are all in this together. It is my best times. Love this poem, Sheri. Nice!
Harper Avatar
September 15, 2018 at 11:24 PM
Thanks Caren, I am glad I'm not the only cloud watcher
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