In a Garden of Light and Quiet

Hopes and dreams of one lost.

I’d like to be where the world forgets,
The roar of war, the weight of debts.
To drift beneath the sunlit tide,
And have you sleeping by my side.

No boots, no guns, no shouted names,
Just jellyfish and ocean games.
A garden under waves so wide,
Where no one has to run or hide.

We’d build a bed of coral bloom,
And let the sea erase the gloom.
I’d paint you shells in softest hues,
And comb the stars into your shoes.

I’d kiss the salt right off your skin,
And listen as the dolphin’s grin.
We’d speak in sighs, not broken cries,
And trade the dark for ocean skies.

You’d laugh again, that fearless sound,
The one that shakes the water’s ground.
And I’d forget the days I bled,
Remember only love, instead.

So, if you dream and drift tonight,
Let’s meet beneath the reef’s soft light.
My heart is there, in waves uncharted
An octopus’s garden, where it all got started.

Written for: "The Beatles Musical Extravaganza"  and
inspired by Octopuss's Garden by The Beatles