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Poem- Dreams

December 23, 2014
By Anonymous

What are dreams?

The book definition is contemplating the possibility of doing something

But I think it is more than that

Dreams shape your life and what you do with it

When children are young they're told always to chase their dreams

No matter what the cost

But as they grow older is becomes less about them and more about what their parents or what society wants

They turn into drones doing as they're told so that they may fit in or mearly survive in this harsh world we have created

Every day is the same

Every step

Every word

The same as the day before following a similar pattern week after week like it has been mapped out without their input so they have no choice but to follow the mindless pattern

As this continues their dreams get cast away into the dark corner of their mind only to be touched in times of desperity lonliness and fear

The hope that one day they may achieve this dream springs into their mind creating feelings that keep them moving in these times of deperation lonliness and fear

But one does not realize they must put effort to make those dreams a reality

They wait patiently following their patterned map as if their dream can make itself come true

Society shuts down all of their oppurtunities until the word dream no longer is what it could have been

Society molded them to no longer think what if but to think about what they are told

Society favors the rich and famous not the deviant delinquents who came from poor families

Society says you have no power without money

That poor are just average

A nobody

Someone who wouldn't be missed

But society cannot control them

To me a dream is a goal not a fantasy

It is a motivation not a single strand of hope inbedded in the back of your mind

It is more than a possibility and society cannot stop the average from chasing their dreams

They must be bold and break the curse of the patterned map because without it your dreams are reality



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