Lived without ideals and dreams <br />till the age of nine, then discovered <br />Planet Serfontein and the elevating <br />effect of dreams sublime, for the first <br />time came across a description of noble love <br /> <br />Since then I have never been alone again, <br />the flame that was ignited in my mind might <br />wax and wane, but never goes completely out, <br />I keep it alive by reading the same books, re- <br />turning to my source text from time to time, re- <br />maining true to my first ideal after all these years <br /> <br />Planning to hold on tight while awareness lasts – <br />which might very well be for eternity – and should <br />I get the chance to grow in love and wisdom, I shall <br />try to apply all the ideals I have nurtured in my mind; <br />contrary to everything I have been taught and told in <br />literature, philosophy, psychology and history <br /> <br />That when people grow up experience kills their dreams <br />and visions and the only rational way is to give up everything <br />and conform to the rest of humanity – I keep my original ideas <br />alive by rethinking them, found confirmation in spiritual literature, <br />ancient and modern, experienced the suffocation of religion, now <br />I know that success is never giving up – I’m so glad <br /> <br />I found my dream for myself when I was nine – not having it <br />forced on me, having been on a quest for meaning for nine <br />lonely nihilistic years, without God and love, finding it for my- <br />self and infusing it with life, it is more precious to me than life <br />itself, more beautiful and powerful than the fame and wealth <br />deemed desirable by modern man…<br /><br />Margaret Alice<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/flame-ignited-in-my-mind/
