Dreams -- August '81

To Hannya

Dreams, make the world grow warmer

when we're feeling cold

dreams keep us going

when our life feels tired and old

Dreams are the stuff of life

Isn't life itself a dream?

Dreams keep us smiling

When it seems we have no reason to

 

Dreams are like a child

with his parents standing by

There are dreams that are expectations

of what the future brings.

Dreams are like a young man

making his way in the world of things.

Recollections are an old man,

recalling his life as if a dream.

 

Dreams animate us, give us reason, let us fly.

Hold onto your dreams, with your feet on the ground.

because dreams give us courage,

lose our dreams and we die.

 

Christopher H. Holte, August 1981