ONCE

Once a dream tangled my sleep

Pushing my angels aside.

My bed grew cold with an icy wind

That had silently crept inside.

I dreamed of a sea that had turned to ice

And captured everything inside.

The fish were suspended in seaweed so still

The waves that were cresting,

Now simply resting,

While waiting to reach the shore.

From inside my dream, I heard a scream

Perhaps a mermaid was trapped inside

And there I saw with frozen stare

A maiden beneath the waves

She cried out to me with lips of blue

Her tear drops were glassy pearls

The men brought their picks

And rocks and sticks

And hammered and chiselled away

At the glacial grave

that had her enslaved

With its frigid icy grip.

I gaze on her face,

So fair, such grace

And she softly whispers my name

Please release me, dear child

From this hostile tomb

Lest I should freeze away

Rather bury me where the warm sun shines

On a green hill far away

Where the daisies sway

And the dragonflies play

And the trees reach up to the sky

Where my children can run

Sing dance and have fun

And make sweet garlands each day.

With us to watch over and pray.

Of course mother dear, of course.