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A child’s dream
I asked a child yesterday
what her favorite
dream was.
She looked up
at me and grinned.
you could see
a twinkle in her eye
“It’s when I become
a fairy and fly
into my brother’s dreams!”
I told her she
was brave.
I saw a
little boy
the other day.
he ran up to me
and said
“I had a dream
about the moon
last night.”
I looked down at him
and replied.
“It’s one thing to dream
and wish for the moon, but
it’s another to hold its
light tight in your hands.”
He smiled at me and
nodded. He knew exactly
what I had meant.
I walked past
a group of kids
yesterday,
I could hear them
Talking about
Their dreams.
“I dreamt I was a doctor
helping everyone!”
Another bragged
saying theirs was
Better.
I dreamt I stopped
all war!”
Another replied
“I dreamt I would
Walk on the stars!”
I thought to
myself that we
all dreamed these
big aspiring dreams.
But what made us stop?
Some Did Succeed
Some became doctors and walked on the moon or had twelve children or wrote poetry that was very fine - slc