{"seoTitle":"Raft - A Poem by Pemba Umoja","seoDescription":"A dreamlike poem by Pemba Umoja about floating on a raft beside a sleeping companion, through starlit skies, snowy slopes and valleys of yellow flowers.","keywords":"Raft poem, dream poem, poem about love and sleep, butterflies poetry, Pemba Umoja poems","line1":"On this raft I lie","line2":"with you by my side","line3":"nestled warmly within the down.","line4":"On top of what worlds","line5":"I float.","line6":"Through","line7":"skies of glistening","line8":"stars","line9":"Down slopes of","line10":"fresh laden snow.","line11":"Into valleys of yellow flowers.","line12":"An ambrosial scent pervades.","line13":"Silk worms in bursts of","line14":"white stardom","line15":"turn","line16":"to butterflies","line17":"and greet us","line18":"on our way.","line19":"Their colors","line20":"of a spectrum","line21":"I’ve never seen.","line22":"They swirl and dance,","line23":"guiding us","line24":"through","line25":"these magical skies.","line26":"To a placid lake","line27":"on which to rest.","line28":"Beams of light","line29":"on a bed of leaves","line30":"glisten as gold.","line31":"You sleep before me.","line32":"Eyelids fluttering","line33":"like the wings of butterflies","line34":"In what worlds do you dream?","line35":"Are they as beautiful as the","line36":"ones to which you have taken me?"}