Swimming In Daydreams

I find myself swimming in daydreamsIn lands arranged by the mindAnd lose myself in illusionsTo go anywhere else I can find

And joyful it is to be freeWhere none can follow my wayAnd often a lifetime is spentIn the single escape of a day

But when I do open my eyesAnd the world lacks all that I needI reach back on the beauty insideAnd slowly and softly recede