Once with a dream sailing off
into daybreak
Probed to excitement by bold wistfulness,
Prodding the notion that nothing else mattered,
Dancing on razor’s edge. No second guess.
No fear of falling. No vain malcontent.
Challenging challengers. Beckoning more
With youthful exuberance, sad inexperience
Setting the stage for the heartbreak in store.
Out on the treadmill the dream becomes whitewashed,
Stripped of its colors, robbed of its gold.
Traded and peddled in markets of plenty.
Altered by robbers; finally sold.
Who are these heartless merchants of cunning
Selling off souls for a guilder or less?
Killing off dreams like assassins for hire.
Bloodless desires that never confess.
Waiting for rescue will not lift these shackles.
Cut off an arm if it helps to go free.
Back to the marketplace, into the fray.
Banner a dream for the whole world to see.
Lulu Storefront: http://www.lulu.com/dsmartin
Plays: http://sites.google.com/site/playsbydennissmartin/
Amazon Author's Page: http://www.amazon.com/Dennis-S-Martin/e/B004SXY4LG/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1394055582&sr=1-2-ent
Probed to excitement by bold wistfulness,
Prodding the notion that nothing else mattered,
Dancing on razor’s edge. No second guess.
No fear of falling. No vain malcontent.
Challenging challengers. Beckoning more
With youthful exuberance, sad inexperience
Setting the stage for the heartbreak in store.
Out on the treadmill the dream becomes whitewashed,
Stripped of its colors, robbed of its gold.
Traded and peddled in markets of plenty.
Altered by robbers; finally sold.
Who are these heartless merchants of cunning
Selling off souls for a guilder or less?
Killing off dreams like assassins for hire.
Bloodless desires that never confess.
Waiting for rescue will not lift these shackles.
Cut off an arm if it helps to go free.
Back to the marketplace, into the fray.
Banner a dream for the whole world to see.
Lulu Storefront: http://www.lulu.com/dsmartin
Plays: http://sites.google.com/site/playsbydennissmartin/
Amazon Author's Page: http://www.amazon.com/Dennis-S-Martin/e/B004SXY4LG/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1394055582&sr=1-2-ent
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