Living The Dream
Is it better to dream
Or to achieve?
I have done both
And I still do not believe
That our lives can be forced
To fit in a world
Where achievement is celebrated
And dreams lie like flags unfurled.
We raise our children
To dream what they wish
Yet the schools crush the dreams
And turn genius to fish.
We make them miss concerts
Where dreamers dream out loud
While our dreamers do homework
To make mom and dad proud.
Years later we reap
What we shouldn’t have sowed
And lament dreaming visions
Where we were afraid to go.
I sit with my headphones
Over sixty years old
Listening to dreamers
As I sit out in the cold.
It is easy to say
That I have no regrets
But the truth is I am scared
As I try to forget
The dreams that I had
While still a young man
And live out my life
As best that I can.
I still have dreams
And I will ‘til I die
Oh. What the hell?
Lets give it a try!
It’s never too late
Unless you have died
So go chase a dream
And enjoy the ride
F.Thomas
