I dreamt last night (2011)

I dreamt last night an unusual dream

As if in a far off land with rocks and streams

The Home I’d bought was sight unseen

And when I got there many holes did gleam

The water round about moved and changed

It rose and ebbed, was really strange

I saved a little child from drowning

And as I worked to save his life

More little ones were falling

So many times I dived in and swam

It was so difficult to remain

But swim I did till calmness came

I was not afraid at all, my breathing eased

So there I was swimming

The tidal water was brimming

The many children were plunging

Though many little ones I brought

Up from the deepest depths

And breathed into their lungs unending

Then adults too were falling

Surrounded by the others, just watching

No-one helping, they all just stood

Soon my dives became much easier

It was like I could breathe underwater

The water front was crowded

So many were watching

They followed where I went

The crowds were ever round me

They were clinging to my legs

Like leeches they were clinging

Everywhere I turned still more came

My footsteps dragged, were heavy

All wanted to be near me

Though I saved as many as I could

So many mothers and children

All demanding to be saved

Though some were lost

And stranded as they were

Along that rocky shore unending

Always there to jump into the deepest water

I did my best to save them

All out of water I did bring them

The clamour was unending

And as it grew in loudness too

Their clinging fingers digging

Into my flesh, pain was everywhere

It was rending my flesh never-ending

The closeness was becoming hard to take

I tried to escape but there was nowhere to hide