FANTASIES

IN THE DISTANCE IS A FAR-OFF LIGHT
THAT SHINES SO GREEN AND OH SO BRIGHT
AND AS I READ THIS TALE OF DREAMS
THIS LIFE OF MINE SO AS ONE SEEMS
THESE BRIGHT LIGHTS AND SOUNDS AMISS
IN THIS ROOM, YET HINT OF BLISS
OR IS IT MINE OWN IMAGING
TO SEEK TO FIND THAT FAR-OFF THING?
AND YET THE WIND HOWLS LONG ECHO THERE
AGAIN IT SIGHS AND SCREECHES AIR
I LOOK BACK UP, BEHOLD THAT LIGHT
AND DISAPPEARED IT FROM MY SIGHT
YET I HAVE HAD NO CHANCE TO MOURN
IT'S LOSS FOR ONCE AGAIN IT'S FORM
AND THERE IT IS YET REAPPEARED
AS I DESIRE IT SO NEAR
WOULD LEAVE THIS PLACE AND SEEK IT NOW
WERE NOT THE FEAR OF BREAKING VOW
AND THOUGH TIS DARK AND COLD AND LONE
IT CALLS TO ME, DESIRED KISS
FROM WHOSE DEAR LIPS I HAVE BUT THIS
IMAGE, DREAM-LIKE WITHIN THIS MIND
KNOWS OF IT NOT, NOR OF ITS KIND
FOR FEAR IS MINE UPON REVEAL...
AND HUMBLED, SMALL I STAND
DESIRING TOUCH UPON THIS HAND
THOSE EYES, THAT BEAUTY SO FINE
OH GAZE UPON THESE MINE
AND LET FORCE THUS INTERTWINE