Dream-land

Dreamland, wonderland,

A pale hand sent from afar,

Inside it, hidden, a treasure,

 A secret message,

 Wrapped in many layers,

Of soft rustling paper,

Careful, so not to tear

The overlapping layers,

I unfold them, one by one,

 And hold my breath,

Kaleidoscope of colors, erupts,

 Moving round, and round,

I pain, to sort out the images

So difficult to decipher,

Dreamland, land of wander,

Send me a sign,

A straight, pointed arrow,

To highlight the way

Shiny, illusive images,

Strewn around, lost to me,

Amidst heaps of torn paper,

Like horses in a dead carousel,

Their colors fading, one by one

Slipping softly out of my mind

Dreamland, land of wonder,

I wait, I listen,