Balance: Reality vs Fantasy

I've found a balance
Between yesterday and now
A tiny little sliver
Of time beading on my brow

Running through the fated limits
Of love and lust and life
Understanding that delusion
Can be like sharp and curving knife

Plunging now and then
When life turns a dusty brown
To wash away the cobwebs
And chase away the frown

But linger in those waters
Is something I cannot do
For it leads just to discontent
So those hours are but few

Like sacred orbs of light
Refueling reality
I know indulgence must be limited
So the pleasure doesn't shatter me.

In dreams

I saw you in my dream last night
You walked right up to me
You put your arms around my waist
And whispered "let us marry"

Although confused I knew a joy
My heart it beat quite fast
Your lips brushed mine
And all I could think was "I hope that this will last"

You comforted me in my distress
And led me through your town
But when a friend did show up
You left me with a frown

Later on I realized
That the quiet of your home
Was a sanctuary best left untouched
As you were meant to roam

I awoke with heavy heart
Knowing that it was smoke
And spent my day wishing again
To feel your gentle stroke

Dreamland

A heaviness rests on my eyelids

Pushing them downward 

Sandy grit burns my eyes

Reddening them for the world

A misty fog settles in my brain

And the world seems to recede

My body is saying that it's time to sleep

But it's only early afternoon

The battle wages on

Every day a struggle 

Until the torpor passes

And the clouds leave

And the clock starts to tick. Again

Day dreamer

Daydreamer, how did you dream your life away?
Sitting at your cluttered desk imagining islands, streams & fragrant leis
A panoply of beauty, where you play the leading role
A hero or a heroine where your deeds are true and bold
The wise healer of your thoughts is the desk jockey of the day
But helps soften the edges, as it's perpetually the month of May