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.