Wednesday, August 15, 2001

Paper Dreams - From High School

Paper Dreams


I had a really interesting dream last night

Too bad I can't remember what it was

But anyhow I do recall the last part

A heavy-looking, green shape falling, and a sound with that


I can recall absurdities that happened to me there

I was thirty at a time, and then only fifteen

And in the dream, I realized I had lived before

And when I realized that, I changed the way it was


That was all I remember from the dream

But this morning in the bus, I cannot forget,

A school bag behind me was sitting on a tire

The heavy-looking, green bag fell down with a clat


I had thought about it all day long

That was exactly the thing I had seen before

I had eaten, I had slept, I had all myself well-kept

No daydream possible, no mind trick at all


Why could I have seen that thing in a dream before?

Especially in a dream that made no sense at all?

If dreams do really know the future,

Why is it that I could change my dream just as I wished?


Did I change my life when dreaming last night?

Or was it simply a brief oversight?

Too bad you can't edit your dreams while awake

If they make the future, t'would be useful


I know it has happened to many people before

But this is my first time I have seen it whole

It fills me with fear, dread, and desire

To know more about dreams, and try not to dream


Dreams are malleable, I know that already

Inside one you can change it all you want

And when you just least expect it,

A reflection of it comes and makes itself real



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