Woman

I dreamt I was in love once more
Upon a sun-drenched, south sea shore,
With goddess girl, whose hair was braided;
We lay among the sand dunes, shaded.

I dreamt until that bubble burst
And love lay lost, in dream I’d nursed.
Then like the sylvan sunlight streaming
That goddess girl of my dumb dreaming

Returned to me, in shape and form
Of woman, real, robust and warm:
A rhapsody of romance raging;
Solidified, to share my aging!