Dreams mean many things

Each to their own

They’re vast, complicated, and dangerous

But important all the same

Some believe dreams are things that happen

When you close your eyes

Little movies that spark imagination

It takes your mind to a vast, foreign place,

Where you can be free of all burdens

And dance on the clouds and rivers,

Because while you’re in that dream,

You are protected from the real world

To others, dreams are what you wish to be,

Your hopes of the future

Remains of the past

You strive to accomplish your dreams

Even if they’re far out of reach

You know to take a risk

Because even if you fail,

If everything you do everything and you still end up where you were before,

You were no worse off than if you didn’t try at all.

There are still more yet who say dreams are dangerous,

They shouldn’t be strived for or held

It’s too hard for them to know

If everything’s going to turn out alright

They just watch the dreamers go out into the world,

Getting themselves crushed, little by little

Until there’s nothing left

Except hope, and despair.

It’s better to be practical, they would say

For you could never get hurt.

To me, though?

Dreams are more than what could be said

They’re the images you see at night,

Filling your heart with more

They’re the hope filling your body,

Daring you to believe and take a risk

They’re the dangerous things to do,

Risking it all on one outcome

But what are they, more than that?

They’re the things the world couldn’t live without.

For if you couldn’t smile in your thoughts,

Dream for all your passions and beliefs,

Dare to try, even if you fail

There’s no reason to be living at all without them

And that’s what dreams truly are:

Needed

And they will always be,

Until the end of days.