"dreams (staring out the hospital window)"

“Dreams”

 

(staring out the hospital window)

　

I feel as my reality

Asks too much to give

And in my fantasies

Is where I should live

 

 

Where mistakes never happen

Each day is sheer perfection

And nothing but sunshine

And miracles rains in my direction

 

 

There is no such thing

Such as a deadly HIV

No doctors place their needles

So deep inside of me

 

 

My brother stands by me

All handsome and so brave

Instead of blown to peaces

In Kuwait lies his grave

 

 

My mother is still standing

And her smile is still sweet

Her diabetes does not exist

She never became an amputee

 

 

In this world of imagination

Heaven’s gates are open wide

Even those who hate each other

Are still standing side by side

 

 

But each time I wake

And I see the evening news

My heart is filled with sorrow

I can’t chase away these blues

 

 

Like sand in the hourglass

I know this world I must depart

Even though this world is cruel

Leaving forever will break my heart

 

 

Maybe beyond the dark veil

My heart will know relief

Instead of this world of pain

That is filled with sorrow & grief

 

 

If I see my eternal creator

After the moment that I die

I will not ask for mercy or peace

But merely ask him why

 

　

Why must we imagine things

We have no chance to ever achieve

Why is our heart always filled

With dreams we seldom receive

 

 

I pray that in his given time

These answers he will reveal

Until that time I am afraid

Of all this sorrow that I feel

 

 

Maybe this world we live

Is not as horrible as it seems

But until my heart knows peace

I’ll let my soul have its dreams

 

　

Kenny L. Mitchell

January 15, 2006

 

　

　

　

　

Reviews

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Just a stunning piece..absolutely deep, heartfelt, the imagery was on point..Kudos to you!!