You were the missing piece of my rhyme <br />Thank God that you have arrived in time <br />Without you I would be locked here on the page <br />I’ve waited for you for what seemed an age <br /> <br />For days I’ve felt like a Genie in a lamp <br />In a sort of literary concentration camp <br />All I could do was question why <br />Then suddenly you happened by <br /> <br />Well dear friend, let us off to exotic lands <br />With pyramids and peacock fans <br />I’ll sit you on cushions made from purple silk <br />Serve you hobgoblin cake and camel milk <br /> <br />Yes, through the windows of my rhyme <br />I can take you back through space and time <br />To Scottish Castles and Pixie bowers <br />Where we can roam for endless hours <br /> <br />We can travel along China’s great “Silk Road” <br />Or we conjure up Ratty, Mole and Mr Toad <br />I can rocket you up to the moon - if you agree <br />And I’ll still have you back in time for tea <br /> <br />The mind can do such wondrous things <br />It can fly us to heaven on angel wings <br />Yes, for you and I there is no limit <br />If I have your attention - for just a minute <br /> <br />But when your consciousness is gone <br />Then my whole world won’t last long <br />My trigger to your thoughts will disappear <br />And I could be abandoned - for a year! <br /> <br />Remember, me and my kind <br />Can bring you peace and love <br />Help convey a message to your God above <br />With my inducement your mind can fly <br />And things like loneliness just pass on by <br /> <br />So dear reader - please don’t go <br />It’s you that gives me life you know <br />Who knows when others will find this rhyme? <br />So please will you read me - one more time<br /><br />Albert Gazeley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dear-reader-3/
