The Place

Age 16.

Upon the sea of waking dreams

I'm tossed from shore to shore

My cries all fall upon deaf ears

A single silent roar.

 

The yearning of the lonely ones

Would break your heart in two

The unheard screams of innocents

Are not ignored by few.

 

But I know places, hidden, far

Where you and I can go

To find ourselves and flee this world

Where hurt is all we know.

 

In forests deep I'll lead you

To secret kingdoms fair

Where dance the people of the wood

Beside the dragon's lair.

 

I'll teach you every riddle

And I'll teach you every rhyme

I'll tell you every story

In this place outside of time.

 

I'll take you to my castle vast

With pennants in the sky

Where kings and knights still rule the land

And myths and legends lie.

 

But you will be the one to lead

The people great and strong

For all this I would give to you

To you it should belong.

 

And I will never leave your side

Together we'll explore

In search of grand adventures there

Beyond the secret door.

 

So take my hand, my dear one,

And tell me what you will

I'll show you what stories can do

If you believe them still.

 

6/23/1994