I Dreamt of an Out-stretched Arm of Land

from Life Without Buildings

I Dreamt of an Out-stretched Arm of Land

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I dreamt of an unknown floating rock

Reclusion gripped me hard

Imagine living where no man lived!

Imagine a fresh blank unstamped card!

I dreamt of a cavernous new dry dock 

In a plateau of dune-blown sand

Imagine a journey yet to begin

I dreamt of an out-stretched arm of land

I dreamt of a sky where no birds flock

An impossible deep blue sea

Imagine being where man never had!

Imagine a new born new found me!

I dreamt of a place I could take stock

Of the life that I had in hand

Imagine a journey half way through

I dreamt of an out-stretched arm of land

I dreamt of a sunset crimson shock

On the worlds where I had lived

Imagine an hour-glass running down low

Each chance foregone is a sand grain sieved

I dreamt of a beach with the tide coming in

Like sea tears rolling on sand

Imagine a journey coming to an end

I dreamt of an out-stretched arm of land