~*~ Dreamers ~*~

How soon this life takes memories,
And turns sweetness to despair,
They fall, like mighty waves,
Upon the burdens that we bare.

It's not wise to be a fool too long,
Too long in dreaming still,
It's hard to face reality,
Heart fights against brain's will.

A wiser mind claims memories,
And sketches them to gray,
Obscuring hues with daunted breath,
Then buries them away.

And if you do not listen,
And you hear only a sweet song,
You then are praying so in vain,
While hanging onto memories long!

Soon smiling through tormented tears,
And understanding feign,
Your arms still in devotion fold,
To stifle out your pain.

At last you hold a looking glass,
To feeble your ways of old,
But the crumpling child inside you,
Wishes you had never told.

How soon this life breaks dreamers,
And how foolish can they be,
To let sorrow their companion stay,
Life's hard on dreamers such as me!

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art: Jim Warren "Island Dream"
~ www.jimwarren.com ~