J.P.G. Poems
DAY DREAMER
By Joseph P. Gimenez
2010 for the Red Hook Series
C
Written for my Son… A
brilliant chap if I do say so myself.
DAY DREAMER YOU HAVE YOUR HEAD
IN THE CLOUDS
YOU PLAN YOUR DREAMS, BUT NEVER
SAY THEM OUT LOUD
YOUR DREAMS ARE A WONDERFUL
THING,
THE KIND OF STUFF THAT MAKES THE
WHOLE WORLD SING
DAY DREAMER TAKE YOUR HEAD OUT
OF THE SKY
THE PLANS YOU FOSTER ARE MEANT
FOR YOU AND I
NO MORE DO YOUR DREAMS INCLUDE
ONLY ONE
YOUR DREAMS ARE NOW FOR YOU AND
I TO GET DONE
MY FELLOW
IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME
SINCE WE’VE SEEN
ANYONE WITH YOUR FORESIGHT THAT
IS EVER SO KEEN,
YOU’RE SOMEONE WHO ALWAYS THINKS
OUTSIDE OF THE BOX
BUT ALAS, CAN’T EVEN FIND
HIM-SELF MATCHING SOCKS.
BRILLIANT PEOPLE ARE ONE OF A
KIND,
THEY CAN’T TELL YOU WHAT DAY IT
IS OR
EVEN THE TIME
NOR DO THEY CARE FOR MONEY OR
COMMON-SENSE THINGS
THEY PONDER THE PROBLEM AND THE
SOLUTION IT BRINGS.
SO BE KIND TO THESE DREAMERS AS
THEY ARE RARE
THE THINGS THEY DREAM OF ARE
BEYOND COMPARE
THEIR MINDS GO ON ENDLESSLY 24
HOURS A DAY
THEY HAVE NO TIME FOR
FOOLISHNESS LIKE SLEEP OR PLAY.
DREAMERS COME IN ALL SORTS OF
FASHION
AND IT APPEARS TO ME, ALL HAVE
ONE PASSION
IT’S THAT DRIVE THAT MAKES THIS
WORLD GO ROUND
FOR WE NEED DREAMERS WHEREVER
THEY’RE FOUND
LIKE,
WISE MEN WHO WERE DREAMERS AND
HAD WHAT IT TAKES
A SPECIAL PERSON IT TAKES TO BE
A DREAMER I’M TOLD
FOR DREAMS ALWAYS START DEEP
WITHIN ONE’S SOUL.