ONLY A DREAM

ONLY A DREAM


IT WAS PROBABLY
THE WHIRL OF LEAVES
ON THE GAZEBO FLOOR
THAT FILLED MY MIND
WITH IMAGES OF LOVERS DANCING
AND THE SPLASH OF THE FOUNTAIN
TO SOUND LIKE LOVER'S SECRET LAUGHTER
AND THE WIND TO SOUND LIKE TENDER SIGHS

THEY HELD THEMSELVES IN A SPECIAL EMBRACE
AS THEY SWIRLED ACROSS THE FLOOR
THEIR EYES BLIND TO ALL BUT THE OTHER
AS THEY SPUN ACROSS THE FLOOR

BETWEEN THEM PASSED SUCH A LOOK OF LOVE
I FELT LONELY FOR NOT SHARING IT
HOW MUCH HE LOVED HER
HIS ARMS PROTECTING HER FROM HARM AND THE SPIN
SHE POSSESSIVELY FINGERING HIS HAIR
WANTING HIM

THE MUSIC PLAYED
THE TREES SWAYED
THE BREEZE CAME RISING HIGH
THE LEAVES LIFTED
THEN WERE GONE
LOST IN THE EVENING SKY
THE FOUNTAIN LAUGHED ITS SECRET LAUGH
AND…

PARDON ME SIR,
YOU'RE IN MY WAY
I MUST WORK
WHERE YOU ARE STANDING
SORRY, I SAID,
AND WANDERED OFF

ONLY A DREAM, I SAID,
STILL HAUNTED
ONLY A DREAM
OR WAS IT

Frank a. vollmer