Ralph's Dream

I had crazy, hazy dreams of you,
hoping love for a brother.

Will it last our lives through?
I can see the sailing ship you have sailed me on,

has been the back deck porch
all our lives.

You are the strongest man I have
ever met.
May I keep your love?
Am I allowed?

I whirl with your love for Mum,
as she sips a drink on the deck

of a yacht you took her on,
at the deep blue sea

many years ago.

I am proud,
I am even living your wishes
if you think about it.

Nothing but time and a good look at
your aged future
needs be done,
that's all.
Your dream is to keep it going,
I just know that in my heart.

Let that be your best quest.
To find the dream catch it in mid-air
and hold it in a balloon that sails up from
the deck
and catches in the high hemlock.