Romantic Dreams

Dreamt of romantic places
I have never seen,
Looked for a world
Where I have never been,
Yearned for success,
A happy marriage,
Greatest of wealth,
The perfect life,
But after all my struggles
And my strife,
I'm now on Welfare
In a Beirut slum,
Together with my
Seventh wife...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2006 Alfred Charasz