Portrait of a Dreamer

Portrait of a Dreamer

She sits
amidst her thoughts
of dreams
and realities,
taking her mind
on a hallucinating trip
to places she can only dream of.
Is this reality?
She often asks herself
the same question.
Vivid mind pictures
of places
she knew once,
of faces
she had touched upon.
They call her the dreamer of dreams.

She follows her dreams
that is where she
always escapes to.
In the dead of night
and the light of day,
her dreams are where
she wants to live.
Dreams of passion
and romance,
reality can only play
second fiddle
to her dreams.
That's why they call her the dreamer of dreams.

As she wakes
she recalls the moments,
one by one
so precious to her.
Into her journal they are etched,
the magical dreams of yesterday.
Today as she woke
from the depths of dream world,
in her hand she held
a piece of time,
a sepia print
of herself
a portrait of a dreamer.

Copyright Karen Canning