I AM A DREAMER

H. W. Bryce

I am a dreamer. I dream my way through life.

Not only that, but I live my dreams.

And once lived, the dreams keep on coming in streams

And like a river, I carve out a path through life.

If I encounter a log jam, a roaring rapids,

Or a mighty mountain in my way,

I dream up a plan and I find a way

To go around, or through, or over every dam.

I am a dream maker, a giver, a taker,

A life-changing shaker, and I am serene.

All poets and writers are dreamers,

Actors are dreamers, and entrepreneurs

Have to dream to found a business.

But dreams are as personal and as

Varied as are the dreamers.

So no need to segregate the dreamer

From the crowd – as has been done to me –

For that is more a nightmare than a dream,

At least for the dreamer.

And a hex on the twisted dreamers who

Dream up schemes to cheat people,

Who dream up ways to hurt people,

Who dream up mechanisms to kill.

Again, that is more nightmare than dream.

A pox on all their houses.

The ultimate dream is the dream of peace,

On every level, including, especially,

The universal.

So we must all dream up dreams to

Make that happen, every day in every peaceful way.

Let the people save the planet…