I Escape To Dream

I escape to dream

Someone is speaking

But I didn’t hear;

And love, you know what that means:

The music was playing

You came to my mind

And I escape to dream.

 

I’m suddenly happy

Away from it all;

My thoughts carry me to you

And just for a moment –

For as long as I can,

I’ve escaped to dream of you.

 

Demands that I must meet,

My time taken up

With problems and childish scenes,

Attention to give

And work to be done…

And I escape to dream.

 

Behind a closed door.

Alone in my bed,

With only my dreams of you,

There I am sheltered

As thoughts fill my head;

I’ve escaped to dream of you.

 

A problem to meet;

A crisis again;

Or a baby’s smile that beams,

With love and a kiss

Each problem is faced –

And I escape to dream.

 

Alone in the night,

With no one around,

My thoughts have returned to you;

I think of your love

And wish you were here –

I’ve escaped to dream of you.

 

Another day dawns

And beckons to me

I smile to myself, for it seems

That just for a moment

I can keep my eyes closed

And I escape to dream.

 

There in my mind

I’m with you again,

There’s no one but me and you;

Alone with my love

I think of your touch,

I’ve escaped to dream of you.

 

Throughout the long day

In the midst of a chore

Your face will come between;

I forget what I’m doing

Again and again

And I escape to dream.

 

Whatever I’m doing

It seems you are there

Again, I’m dreaming of you;

I can’t seem to help it,

So why should I try?

I’ve escaped to dream of you.

Feb 1979