When I was just a little boy

I loved the night time sky.

On grassy hill I'd lay and stare

And dream that I could fly.

I'd fly above the treetops and

Look down upon my house.

It looked just like a little toy,

My dog looked like a mouse!

I'd fly betwixt the fleecy clouds

The lights of town below

Like iridescent strings of pearls

On velvet hills tableaux.

And up above in deepest black

The stars did brightly shine.

In Scorpius, Antares was

A diamond clear and fine.

I left behind the atmosphere

And frolicked into space

The Earth below a crystal orb

With jewels on it's face.

I looped around our yellow sun

(The Milky Way's a must!)

And then I'd fly through Nebulae

And clouds of stellar dust.

Somewhere in Eridanus

Orion's waters flow,

I found an empty darkened spot

Devoid of starlight's glow.

I entered through the opening

(For such it was it seems)

And found another universe

Beyond my wildest dreams!

In there, I found a galaxy

With silver spiral rings

Composed of thinnest gossamer

Like ghostly ether wings.

I settled for a yellow star

With sunspots on it's face

And for a sapphire planet that

Was spinning there in space.

Trees and hills and seas of grass

And then what did I see?

A boy lay there, immersed in dreams

Staring back at me!