Last night my dreams found me

Last night my dreams found me

Last night my dreams found me

and sent me on horseback, solitary but safe.

Two Connemara ponies carried me across Irish mountains,

one horse was the purest grey, one black,

one for my baggage, one for my glad heart alone.

(No swimming for me in deep rivers, not waving but drowning in seas).

I wonder how in your dreams will you travel, on the wings of which bird will you fly?

(Or will you develop your own?).

Will you perch in the pocket of a fairy or travel tucked behind an angel’s wing?
Will you be cwched warmly in the trap of a pony

or, like Mary, will you sit on the back of a donkey

with one special brave knight leading the way?

Will you play, will you sing, will you dance there with music?

Or will you ride in a vardo with Romance and just a poem to brighten each day?

Will you venture by footfall by day or will you stroll in the dead of a night

under the spell of a bright Harvest Moon?

Or will you meander your way at your leisure

in the shade of a sun, in an autumn

which spreads out your smile with its gold?

I just pray you are not over-burdened;

greed, hatred and envy can carry a toll.

Only love truly lightens your journey,

helps all your dreams  find you,

lift you and bring you safe home.

Cait O’Connor