DREAM

DREAM

It was just like yesterday once more

Great dreams galloping like waves ashore

Hopes streaming in the bottomless galaxy

As we slept in the warmth of milky way.

It was our childhood so vulnerable

Like a prey innocently susceptible

Soaked from the sweat of morning dew

Painted with mud from that scary show.

We were once kids flying kites

Up and away like dizzy dragonflies

We cried and wailed when almost lost

And had nightmares of a smiling ghost.

We once spilled milk on a kitten's head

Licked salty butter on a toasted bread

We caught bugs sleeping on a petal

And sipped the sweet juice of a nectar.

We sang like birds humming together

We crossed, we flew, we sailed and traveled

We went to places hard to forget

Like a shy smile of a lovely guest.

We even asked where's the pot of gold

Searched for those bars no one can hold

We listened to the snores of clouds uphill

And sobbed with the raindrops on our windowsill.

We tried to define the mysterious beauty

Like a paradise molded from a piece of clay

We painted walls with vivid hues of blossom

With no fear of any threatening doom.

We slept and dreamed on the green grass

We splashed water tumbling over rocks

We laughed with the sun casting a shadow

With no pain or worries of tomorrow.

We witnessed births and deaths and storm

We walked like queens and cried like a newborn

We sat on the rooftop and waited for love

And walked down the aisle with unpaired dove.

We knelt beside the sleepy half-moon

And prayed to find our runaway groom

And prayed for a safest place to hide

And prayed for a second chance to survive.

We began our journeys with endless end

We were hurt and broken and hard to mend

The dreams we wrote in an old scroll

Were shattered at the corners of a wall.

But there also were moments when times had stopped

Our ears filled with deafening claps

We stood silent yet we made a name

And almost mastered how to play the game.

As we recall on our fruitful past

We keep memories and make them last

The tears we shed should bring no shame

For we have earned this humble fame.

We give and take, we laugh and cry

We come and go, we live and die

As you wake up, remember please

Our beautiful story in this masterpiece.

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