“Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality.
If you can dream it, you can make it so....” Belva Davis.

It is only when we awaken from  our dreams
that we realize we were in  a dream at all.
A dream is only as real as you   make it to be
whether it be a fantastic journey in which you discover something new
about who you really are
or of a picture    d  e  v  e  l  o  p  i  n  g    slowly in a     red room     to become reality
perhaps a photo of that unforgettable day
that you fell asleep
forever
the day your mother             wept over you
along with your father         crying for you
praying and cursing all the same
to bring                                                         you                   back
to wake you up from that                infinitely                 ongoing                dream
that delusional hallucination
of   thoughts    and    feelings
of   pain     and      remorse
but also of                                                                      love and kindness
which                sprung from the day                 you were brought home from that dark place
the day you opened your eyes to see anew
the day you saw your parents again but somehow                          in a different light
their faces
how they felt so real unlike those translucent slides of film
was a miracle to you
or what seemed like one at that moment
which suddenly               fell a p a r t and                            slipped away
bringing you back to that room
that room with an eerie red glow
a glow creating a dark light over every photograph still developing
every memory       still waiting to happen
every memory       that would never be    
and every memory that had         already     come    to   pass
for the entire time
you were still sleeping
your parents eyes                        above you
your own eyes closed  and looking inside of you
for a dream  is only as real as        you make it to be.