Dreams

People want to go forward, but fear it.
Not because what awaits is great, or
even glorious. But because they fear failure.
They fear the worst and think of negative
dreams, or dreams that become nightmares.
To go forward is to dream, and to dream is
to live. Those who live will always be dreamers,
and dreamers will always be believers, even
if their feet never touch the ground.

 

written by Chich, Chicago's Australian Poet Laureate

 

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