Dream

by David MacDonald

 You dream of this place
 This place that you've never seen
 Except for the descriptions you read
 They seem filled with peace
 Its gentle beauty, the quietness
 An island, separated from the rest
 You just want to get away
 and put your mind to rest
 From where you are now
 You don't feel complete
 You feel alone here
 You have no room to breathe
 So you wish to live
 Away from the outside world
 To go to a place
 where its soul is good and pure

 One day you soon found yourself
 With your bare feet on the red soil
 And your eyes are able to see
 What you always wanted to know about
 But you've been here for a while
 And you have realized
 Most of what you liked about this place
 Was only from a novel you read
 This is an island, isolated
 From the more open ideas of the world
 And where people are just as
 Flawed and who are able to hurt
 Just like the ones you left behind
 You ask if it's worth it to stay
 But you still have your dreams, woman
 They will keep you here for today