Dream of My Dream

I hold my dream up to you, in the palm of my hand

I place it on a pedestal

light a candle

and my dream is a shadow cast on the wall by flickering light

I lift up my dream like an ice cream cone in my hand

I take a lick, a bite, and its taste is cold and sweet to my mouth

a delight

I put a sail to my dream

place it in a wooded creek and release it

I watch it bob and swirl with the currents

as it meanders to the sea

with faith I believe, it will come back to me

I believe… it will come back to me

the candle is snuffed out

the cone has fallen

it lies smashed on the ground

in the darkness I wonder if I will ever see

my dream again

I was going to love people

I was going to help them

my heart was going to beat with love and compassion

freedom was going to be my burning passion

now I dream of my dream

somewhere out there

floating on the sea

and I dream that my dream will someday come back to me