I was on a quest for wisdom 

When she came to me in a vision

She was climbing stairs, wearing a green dress 

A symbol of wealth, I guess 

I knew her platinum blonde hair 

She had her signature raccoon eyes (thanks to Maybelline)

I recognized her, my old friend

A year my senior but I always seemed so much greener 

Back when we were young, she whispered to me then, “Have as much fun as you can!”

You know, if I were to die today, my greatest regret would be that I took things too seriously 

Why a father would tell his daughter to stop studying and to go to the beach – I now understand 

Because dogs don’t live forever 

The shoreline will erode one day 

My friend slipped away, mysteriously 

All my pursuits and acquaintances were on the sidelines 

My husband reached out for me just in time 

That friend I haven’t seen in years 

Simply spoke her wisdom and disappeared 

Doesn’t God speak in dreams? 

My old friend beamed in her dress of green

Was it a modern-day personalized Jacob’s ladder 

My friend surely is an angel

My husband too

I’m not trying to spin my own angle 

A little insight, a nugget of wisdom, is what I’m trying to gather 

My father knew 

Oddly enough, the pithy advice I received was simply to have fun 

Wisdom means action

So I’ll stop slackin’

I’ll head to the coast – with my pup 

And my green cup – for a toast 

To my old friend, akin to Lady Wisdom 

And I’ll be rich, among the pampas grass and the sea