coconut and caramel

I once heard about coconut dreams
and caramel cores,
I didn't believe they existed.

I saw unicorns and dragons
in flickering light.
I wanted to believe they grazed
and braised.

I yearned for castles in the air,
princes on white horses
that saved days and damsels.
I hoped they were real.

But dinosaurs come at night
stealing hearts and
torture me
'til quaking.

shhhh...,
soft breezes I hear.
Think and release...

Years of chains fall
meekly away
when softened by strength
in numbers
and smothered
by the freeing light
of internal poise.

Coconut dreams and caramel cores;
a place where
traces of rays
lift and light.

Chains no more.
Just a wide open shore
of possibilities...