Just a dreamer

Today I made a mistake

Tomorrow I will learn a lesson

Yesterday I had a dream

My travelling tales

My smile lines

My tear stained cheeks

Failed to be fortunate

Fortunate to have failed

Fostering formidable foundations

-Camille Delaquise

This poem appears in Behind the Facade, Camille’s debut contemporary poetry collection. Just a dreamer speaks to the quiet resilience of becoming — reframing failure, memory and aspiration as the very material from which a fuller, wiser self is made.

This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.

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