Rain Willow Dream Copyright 2017 by Stella Brians (This is a poem/song for a Young Adult novel project I am working on. Please note that it is copyrighted.) I just want to live in a dream In which I fly away and live with you In this dream world, We float far away Surrounded by those we love forever. I don’t want to be a mother. I want cats and quiet and you And just to listen to shoegaze music on cassette tapes and watch rain storms. *** (Chorus) This island is part of me in the way the branches sway How the ocean sings and the gulls cry You are always near, you are here I love the way your feet fit in your shoes And your sweet funny nose Your eyes change colors in the rain You’re with me in every way *** I hope to see them again, to never feel pain. I wish to live and dream on this island of quiet and love. It’s made of raindrops and silence. Don’t you see? Beneath the gray willow trees I fold up inside Within a blue cardigan Inside the pockets are stars, stones, and shells *** (Chorus) This island is part of me in the way the branches sway How the ocean sings and the gulls cry You are always near, you are here I love the way your feet fit in your shoes And your sweet funny nose Your eyes change colors in the rain You’re with me in every way *** Carry the ocean waves Inside of us as we sneak away onto the beach Gray skies spill milk into the water We’ll swim on and on The rainy sky will carry us home Through our dreams of rain and willows