Once upon a forest dream
my midnight conscious awoke to see
a starlit sky and canopy
hanging low in the night
above an open and endless sea

Subtle noises of rivers wild
drove my curious inner child
to search the groves undefiled
along the path of second sight
in this vision when summer smiled

Coin like stones lay in their bed
glittering deep inside my head
This is the place I used to dread
afraid to face what I now know
that here in me, you are not dead

Your feet upon my grassy soul
brought a warmth to my cold
Standing there my eyes behold
the glory of your perfect ghost
in the story of a love untold

In the branches sunlight rays
yet reach through to this place
and drift among my dark haze
as we walk the mountain road
of all these perfect inner days

Here you love my foolish song
Forever is a word not wrong
Yet dreams are a dance never long
so you walk me back to my abode
But waking I see, you are not gone