Dreams

Writers that don't write;

Singers that don't sing.

Actors in coffee shops;

Musicians on the street.

Blockades never hurdled;

Turns down different streets.

Resolutions never kept;

Goals never reached.

Bookmarks you never open;

Numbers you never call.

Notebooks you never fill;

Projects that you stall.

You had such big ideas;

They sparkled and they shined.

The future looks so different

Than it did when you were nine.

That thing you thought you'd do

You start to think you can't;

You always say tomorrow,

But you haven't got a plan.

Everyone's asking questions,

And all you do is dodge.

That career that you'd imagined

Was only a mirage.

The older that you get,

The smaller that you feel;

You forget what's only in your head,

And what is really real.

Sometimes people make it;

They become who they meant to be.

But most of the time,

Dreamers only dream.