“I Have a Dream”

How often we find

When painting pictures in our mind

The images idealize

Giving the reality the surprise

By creating a paradise

With so much extra spice

That it, itself can’t

(And quite often daren’t)

Compare.   However, my dream

Does (for once) seem

To be approaching a truth

That despite being from youth

The vision is clear,

Comparable to life, that, without fear

I can surely say:-

My dream is, the, U S of A.

19^th February 1992, Edna, Texas, USA

-Richard