I dreamed I suffered mild distress
At a hotel breakfast wearing my night dress
Daylight blows guilty nonsense far away
So I'm glad to greet and start my innocent day
Down by a big cool blue swimming pool
Are teachers from the tiny tots morning school
Teachers blow away small adult troubles
Busy blowing giant rainbow bubbles
Delighted children race around
As elusive bubbles drift down to the ground
A happy chance lets me glance
As burst bubbles weave a broken rainbow dance
I trot off merrily on my way
But there's another joy today
On the other side of the pool
Is another cute kiddie school
The kids line up in height mismatched
To play a joyful game of throw and don't catch
To take their turn to throw a ball
To bounce against - or miss - the wall
Inside they go to learn much more
To fold torn paper into four
Such keen and anxious little faces
Learning how to tie their tiny laces
The tots don't have a single care
They wear bright ribbons in their hair
At lunch time proudly show what they now know
The joy of tying an untidy big ribbon bow
The lesson is to be like them
And let my child mind fill again
With simple tasks I'll learn somehow
In the oft repeated stopped watch now.
I've lots of time to fill my mind
With joy and leave my cares behind
Now I'm retired, my life's all play
Each day starts one long, wasted holiday
I must let happy visions fill my mind
And leave all niggles far behind
I can fill day's long, languid hours
Day-dreaming of fairytale ivory towers
I step outdoors to a fairtale scene
Of palm trees framing a sea of green
Across the red bridge, where tall palm trees show red
Lovely visions of small orange flowers fill my little, empty head.
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