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A Dream...

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Once again I'm wandering in a dream
And all I can see is not what it seems
The trees and the oceans sing in harmony
My heart beats with a smile in this fantasy

I never want the dream to end
Who said it ever had to
I will hold on to it forever
So I may share my dream with you


The crying child stricken with fear
Dreamed himself standing by a deer
The animal protected him all night
Until the dawn of morning light

Who can turn to the crying child
And tell him the comfort he feels
And the friend he made in dreams so wild
Were never there, never true, never real

I never want the dream to end
Who said it ever had to
I will hold on to it forever
So I may share my dream with you


As corruption takes us by the throat
And faith slowly becomes just a thought
Hope burns brighter than it seems
In the power of an infant's childish dream

Would you kneel before all the young
Holding the imagination of the infant
And kill the magic of childish dreaming
Killing the heart of the innocent

I never want the dream to end
Who said it ever had to
I will hold on to it forever
So I may share my dream with you


A dream liberated the oppressed
A dream can bring a smile to the depressed
A dream can make wild ideas come true
Imagine what your dream could do

I never want the dream to end
Who said it ever had to
I will hold on to it forever
So I may share my dream with you
Wrote this at 9:00pm on Sunday 24th of August 2008 and finished it 9:06pm.

Have you ever heard an adult tell a child to "stop being childish" or "stop daydreaming" - maybe you haven't, but if like me, you have, does it not make your cringe?

A child's dream is precious - it is the last source of innocence on this planet. Let a child dream...please...

You can find this poem in my book 'Permit Me To Dream' which you can buy on amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca and other online book stores.

Word Count: 282
© 2008 - 2024 SteveJones313
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michelleleo71's avatar
I can't critique it T_T