i dreamed
in another life
i was a monkey
sitting on the shore
of a desert island
trying to catch a fish
and behind me in the jungle
a terrible beast roared
i was all these things
i was the monkey that sat
and the fish that swam
and the beast that roared
and i was a grain of sand on the beach
and a wave in the ocean
and a beam from the sun
i was all these things
and more
because life is a dream
yes, life is a dream
i know this
and yet
i hesitate
to jump off tall buildings
walk in the traffic
or sleep in the river
