Mirage - Sophie Zelmani

I’m thinking if this was a harbour

How would that make us feel?

If we walked quietly through the hours

In the scent of the sea

I’m thinking if there was an hour

When you could say anything to me

The harbour is a mirage

It’s just a thought inside of me

Just thinking if this was a cottage

And you saw me on the hill

Would you invite me for some coffee

And then have time stand still?

I’m just thinking about the time

And how it ends so brutally

The cottage is a mirage

No time like that could be

But surely it looks like a house to me

I’m thinking if this was an island

Where our summers would be

What do you think would happen

If all time we had was free?

Just thinking about the summer

And where it is taking me

The island is a mirage

Soon I’ll have to veer

But surely it looks like land to me

I’m thinking if this was a tavern

And would say hello

Pleasures by the hour

I dream of so much more

I’m dreaming of a harbour

A coast and the open sea

They are all a mirage

So is the man in front of me

But surely he looks like a man to me