My Dream in the Drawer

I once had a dream, so small and light,
I kept it in a box.

I kept it hidden, safe and sound,
In my drawer of socks.

This tiny dream, I had, you see,
Was mostly about me…

…who I’d be, and where I’d go,
And what I’d one day see.

At first, it was a little dream,
Until one day it grew,

And so I took it out for air,
To show my dream to you.

And then my dream, it got so big,
I had to let it out …

I took it to the playground,
And watched it bounce about.

Then all the kids, they saw my dream,
And said, “We want one too!”
I said to them, “Ok, no probs.”
And told them what to do.

“Awesome!”
“Wow!”
“What??”

“Well, first you think of what you want.
Believe it with your heart.

To get a dream as big as mine,
This is the place to start.”

“And once it’s big enough,” I said.
“You’ve got to let it free
To fly up high across the world,
For all the world to see.”

And at that point, my big old dream,
Which once was in a drawer…
Shook and climbed,
Took to the sky…

And soared…
and soared…
…and soared.

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