Poem: Utopia

Utopia 

/juːˈtəʊpɪə/

noun

an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.

I wandered through the secret garden

everything

was

and is 

possible.

(In your arms 

I thought; 

everything was

and is 

possible.)

But dreams have a way

of ending 

when 

you 

wake 

up. 

Yet 

 yet.

Let me hunger

 for

  what if?

Let us hunger for 

what might be?

Let us dream for 

things

we cannot 

       see.

the place

where the 

Pacific and Atlantic Ocean 

meet

mingle 

become one

slow slow

indecipherable to the likes of you and me

But there they 

greet 

and

collide

and somehow without a fight

become one. 

so

won’t you

tuck a little corner 

of maybe  

into your day?

Sprinkle a little 

rose water 

into your faith

for humanity

( I know you couldn’t mind

happily ever after).

Aren’t you tired

of the eventual evantualities  

 the crushing realities

the naysayers and doomsday reality TV?

Why can’t we 

rest a little

beloved.

and dream?  

If we 

imperfect and crooked 

jagged and crooked

never to be set straight

could

Love and 

be loved?

Surely utopia

cannot be so

far

far

far

Away. 

It is not vain to dream

It is not impossible to dream

It is not stupid to dream

It is vain and impossible and stupid

not to.  

A utopia (/juːˈtoʊpiə/yoo-TOH-pee-ə) typically describes an imaginary community or society

that possesses highly desirable or near-perfect qualities for its members.[1]