You were high above me <br />popular; <br />your family had money. <br /> <br />The girls <br />chased you <br />brazenly, <br /> <br />but I thought <br />just maybe <br />your eye <br />caught mine <br />but could not risk <br />being wrong <br />could not face Risk's Rejection. <br /> <br />Maybe it is something <br />I am imagining.. <br /> <br />But it has become my dream; <br />You and I. <br />A secret dream <br />which I cannot share <br />with anyone <br />because if I do <br />people will laugh. <br /> <br />I told my best friend <br />and she said 'Wow' <br />Over and over again. <br />but she had no comment <br />for me <br />or encouragement. <br /> <br />I then knew <br />my Reality Test Score <br />came back <br />Negative. <br /> <br />How to dream <br />if you can't have the dream <br />you want to dream? <br /> <br />What is the use of dreaming <br />if what you want in dreaming <br />is forbidden? <br /> <br />I can hold on to it if I desire <br />but this becomes the standard <br />for what is for me desirable. <br /> <br />How to embrace <br />anyone <br />or anything less <br />without it seeming <br />a Coming Down <br />from what <br />my dream <br />says is best? <br /> <br />'Well, ' my Mom said <br />'You know you are allowed <br />more than one dream. <br /> <br />There will be others <br />and they will be there <br />for you to work toward; <br />yours to get.' <br /> <br />And true I did get <br />more than one dream <br />and you know dear <br />I did have a better dream <br />and that dream is you.<br /><br />Lonnie Hicks<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dreaming-68/
