Golden Dreams

Ever wonder about your childhood dreams?

 

A little girl’s dreams are

spun of gold and

as strong as a piece

of braided rope.

 

She grows and enters adolescence,

where the golden dreams

that haven’t come true yet

lose a little of their power

for the innocence of childhood

is wearing off and with that

the belief in herself

that anything is possible.

 

She has reached adulthood,

and those leftover golden dreams

have had several oceans of tears

shed over them and have become

as delicate as a spider’s web

fresh with morning dew.

 

The reason these dreams

have become so fragile

is that she has become corrupted

with the pessimism and hopelessness

of adulthood and it gets harder

by the day to believe
in herself and her dreams.

 

One day during adulthood

she will find someone

who will remind her

that life isn’t as bad as it seems

and that her dreams can be realized

and optimism and hope

will then return to her life

drying out the tears

on her golden web.

 

Copyright Kristen R. Heyl

January 18, 2008

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[Nephillm]

Sometimes there comes a situation when we can only hope! It uncovers the truth of modern life!