Once Upon a Time In a Dream
once upon a time in a dream
where angels sang
and men with wings and horns fought
battles
and mountains followed you in anger
I saw your face
and in a maze of solitude fright invades
the soul
and voices speak but never heard
I find myself among the stars
and vivid is your face
that lingers on
and in this time of flight suspended in
perpetual animation sensations of
ecstasy flirts with me
panic captures me I sink in the clutches
of a darkened sky
where this mirage is a reflection of my life
as this oppression consumes me
I arrive at a place where time is no more
and tranquility it’s essence
I touch you and you are real
and at the acme of this excitement
I wake
as the revelation of my manhood
escape the confines of a frightful rapture
and your face lingers on
escape the confines of a frightful rapture
and your face lingers on
Earl S. Jackson
Mar 1988,
Copyright © 2006 Earl S. Jackson, all rights reserved.
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