Cast not thy dreams aside

Cast not thy dreams aside
Nor let them taste defeat
Ere they run wild

For fields of dreams
Lie fresh before thee
They are ripe
With longing to adore thee

Yet let wisdom guide
As tis good to confide
Let it lead thee
To thy truth to find

Celestial waters
Shall carry thee
And fill thy fallen heart

Flutter away
Thy follies
That may
Yet follow thee
On thy way

Let not the dawn
Nor the dark
Dictate the day

How long thee
Shall yet stay
Who can say

Whether a week
A month
Or the rest
Of thy day

When morn shall break
Shall it break thee
From thy spell

From the clutches of hell
Which in thee awhile
Once didst dwell

Shall we be
Once more
Face to face

Grace within grace
Thy gentle
Fair flower
Canst none replace

May its peddles
Portray
Thy bountiful bouquet

Once didst thou
Steal me away
In thy lonesome gaze

Where wide eyed
Thee loved to hide
Lost in thy imagining

I longed
To linger there
If to reside
Within thy portrait
Of despair

Could catch me
In thy calm
And hold me
Under palm

Wouldst follow
Thee anywhere
Should cast
Thy care

But unaware
Was I
To think

Shouldst stay
Remain the mind
Poisoned in pain

Shall ere I
Have known
A thing so rare

Shall love its virtue find
A friend as thee

Why must it claim
A soul
So close
A pair

Yet one
Fatal flaw
Should forge
Thy fear aflame

Cast down
Thy song
Away foolish longing

Thy belonging
Elsewhere
Where the valley deep
And the crossing wide

Yet narrow the way
The path
Shall find

Shall faithfulness find
A friend as thee
Should beauty
So rare
Compare as she

So leave I
Desire
At doors edge
To start

And dream within dream
In wundermeant
Depart

-Joshua Lee Foist