I Fell Asleep Poem by Barry Middleton

I fell asleep and I was dreaming
of those places left behind,

country roads and water gleaming,
summertime and bright sunshine.

I often wished I could return,
but time just runs in one direction.

And though I will forever yearn,
a lost desire has no correction.

But I will try, for try I must,
at fitting circumstance to dreams,

for that is all that I can trust,
and not my long forgotten schemes.

And will I someday be rewarded?
One more thing I can't foresee.

Beyond a time yet unrecorded
awaits an ultimate decree.