The Deadly Opposite

I dream of places and times that exist only in my dreams far away places replete with green valleys and white snowcapped mountain tops Places where season’s rhythms rule where fish come up to boats and smile places where dreams are fantasies but everything you dream is real Places where no romances beckon and love is not necessary and there is no need to create babies to feel gown up and useful No desperate need to get a good education to get a good paying job or have health insurance to get ills taken care of or better yet have no ills I dream of an earth where no wars are waged to satisfy old men’s egos but dreams of mine seem real if not foolhardy, maybe even stupid As unrequited dreams like unrequited prayers are beautiful in their concept but their reality is often the deadly opposite.