SHE'S JUST LIKE A DREAM by Tuese Ahkiong

SHE'S JUST LIKE A DREAM

Inspired by The Cure’s

“Just Like Heaven”

by Tuese C. Ahkiong

July 8, 2012

She’s just like heaven

Her presence divine

I’m trembling in awe

And my heart, I find

Beating and breathing her name

Often, upon my lips

I scream, She’s just like a dream

So unreal, Before me

Revealed, An angel

Within my arms

And she’s asking me

To cover her in my charms

Is this the gal I’ve always wished for?

Am I dreaming?

If so, Lord, asleep forever let me be

in her sweet love, dancing with me

enjoying her smile, her laugh,

Her arms around my neck,

Her kisses on my heart

That make me shine

A warm glow, that lets me know 
And definitely shows that

She’s in love with me

Run away with me? she said

I’m in love with you!

I promise you, she said

All my kisses

And all my tomorrows!

But this man is risking the edge

Or a life of sorrow.

For not taking her hand along the sand

But leaving it for another man?

With hesitating thoughts running through my head

My distant answer, she easily read

And so my questions fly  

Why so slow to go?

WHAT does this really show?

Am I really seeing with open eyes?

I hope my vision ain’t playin’ a trick

That morning light will wake me sick

To a dizzy day twist and spin

And remind me

That I have been asleep dreaming, again

So, before me the raging sea of blues

Without you

Just your memory, drowned

Deep down, inside of me

Not a day passes do my thoughts

Not hold her

I’m gripped in this strange way she still touches me

The sea of love has stolen her far away

And how I long for those sweet yesterdays

But lonely and lost be i

At times, I just, have to, sigh?

Never again to gaze upon the soft beauty of her face

Only memories leave the trace

Of heaven

She’s just like a dream




Here's a sample of me and friend making this poem sing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ki1uit_woQ

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2014/09/shes-just-like-dream-by-tuese-ahkiong.html?m=1



JUST LIKE HEAVEN by The Cure https://youtu.be/ZmHOl1eAcq8?si=NE40lYcKytO54WN2


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