Dream

To hovel me in your zareba is your intention
“For safety, to protect, truly for protection.”
Transparent lies I can clearly see through
And my resolve is a monolith to see my dream come true.

I will not cave, Complacency, not even to you.
Bribe me, offer small bounty, no good will it do.
For beyond you, I’ve an admirable dream or two.
And they will rise, be relevant and real, and profitable too.

In a time and a half, when this term ends,
I will be a nurse for a bit, and then it depends.
A small café, seating between twenty and ten,
I will run with, hopefully, a wife and a friend.

As the business rises and itself sustains
The hope is to gift my child café. 
Then off will I be to try it again.
But stateside, no, rather northeastern Spain.

Those who oppose my dream, from me flee.
You may hovel in your zareba, but it shan’t hold me.
I declare, this is a plan, not a dream, and real it will be.

2-21-2014
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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March 4, 2014 at 4:11 PM
Lovely dreamy win, Jonathan. Have a nice day. SKAT
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February 27, 2014 at 1:08 PM
Jonathan congratulation on your well deserved win. I enjoyed this excellent read - Connie
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February 27, 2014 at 11:37 AM
Ahh!! Great quality poetry!! Way to go with this win..Congrats..Sara
Johnson Avatar
February 27, 2014 at 10:08 AM
Clever use of those words.. Congratulations on your big win. Love, Joyce
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February 27, 2014 at 6:17 AM
Congratulations on the fine win. Enjoyed the write on the Dreams, jonathan
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February 27, 2014 at 2:56 AM
hi Jonathan congrats on 2nd place with this fine poem hugs
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February 24, 2014 at 2:49 AM
Jonathan sounds like a good plan as well....David
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