The Girl I Dream About

This is a poem about love and fantasy.

When I’m not dreaming about her,

I can’t keep my eyes closed,

Neither can I stay asleep.

She’s lying beside me in bed,

I’m not dreaming in loneliness.

She presses her lips against mine,

And I feel the kisses of a bonny princess.

 

She appears and ends my nightmare.

When I’m awake without her love,

I’m nothing but a pauper.

She tells me that she loves me in a dream,

And I’m the richest merchant alive.

I never want to wake up,

For she’ll disappear when the dream ends,

And my incessant sadness will return.

 

I open my eyes and she’s still lying beside me.

Wait a minute, this can’t be happening.

I must be still sleeping and dreaming that I’m awake.

I pinch myself and I’m actually awake,

But my imagination is still running wild.

I feel as though I’m trapped in a dream.

The girl I dream about bewitches my heart,

But I don’t want to stop dreaming about her.

 

I’ve never had a dream of love that came true,

But my dream about her feels so real.

I don’t care what anybody thinks,

I’ll never exchange her for another girl.

I get satisfaction from fantasizing about her.

Even though she exists only in dreamland,

She’s close enough to reality for me.

Author's Note

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