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Dreaming Out Loud

sunswept rainbows splash a midsummer's day
across the hopelessness of my landscape
I watched in awe as my heart danced with intrigue
the possibility of such a moment could only be
limited by the boundaries of my own mind
and I didn't want to waste the imagination
of this magically birthed horizon
on dewdrops and simple things

I wanted to recreate every minute before this one
into beautiful moments that would breathe forever

taking hold I began to shape and mold
from one end of my reach to the other
re-inventing and manipulating every thing
from the last teardrop that fell to time itself
shaping my own soul's vision of
a world at peace

at the end of the day
there was no more war or hunger
no hate, nor crime
no pain, nor sickness
no small faces with sad eyes
wondering what they had done
to deserve a life so filled with hurt
no wrinkled hands trying so desperately
to wring out all of the betrayed dreams
that they had been given by this world
no broken hearts and no more lost souls

instead as far as my arms could reach and
my fingers could touch and my mind could change
there was only love and harmony
compassionate, happy, healthy people
proud to be of who they are with
the comfort of knowing tomorrow would be a day
they could truly believe in

but then day stretched and yawned
behind the cloak of dusk
and all the magic began to fade
my recreated horizon's truth
began to rain through

it was there in that moment
when I realized
no matter how special the day
how beautiful the magic
it wouldn't change what is
without the shared dream of a world
the unity of humanity
that springs from hearts of people
that truly believe
and can honestly conceive and dream
of a different tomorrow

© LadyRaine