Dream's Odyssey

My mom is a teacher so my first dream was to be one

Who helps children sing ABC and start to count from one

I thought that it was really cool

I was then motivated to go to school

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Mid-elementary years, being a nurse was popular

Wearing a white “dress”, and hair on a neat bun

The dream to be a teacher traveled far

Being a nurse seems more fun

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Entering high school, having a dream became a competition

First, tick the boxes, before having any ambition

“For you to be a nurse, you need to have this certain grade”

It suddenly became conditional

A way of dreaming I never knew existed

I then tasted the bittersweet of naivety

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Suddenly, the fun of dreaming was lost

The child in me started to shrink

And the rest is history

Dreaming didn’t become so easy as I grew up

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Learning about life’s realities

It has put me in a complexity

Taking life’s responsibilities

Has made me focus on impossibilities

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The little girl who loved dreaming

Started dreaming with a caution

With a lot of conditions

And with “if-situations”

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Now, as I sit here with years of life’s experiences

Wiser from the lessons of my mistakes

And stronger from the grueling days

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The setbacks I had to stand up to

The tortuous nights I had to sleep into

And the tedious days that I had to go through

I write my dreams

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With loving kindness, I take and write them all

I may have failed, but it won’t cease me from dreaming

This time, a new kind of dream

Another perspective, another view

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Not a title before my name, not even a thick wallet

I value their importance,

but they won’t be the reason for my existence.

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Now, my ultimate dream is simple

To be content with what I have

To take life one day at a time

To take experiences one breath at a time

To be peaceful with where I am

And to be loved for who I am

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It’s all I want now

I dream of being happy, satisfied, and at peace

With grace, I call for that child within me

To have fun in this life

To dream without condition

To live life fully, and freely

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Because in dreaming, it’s where adventure flows

Adventure to success

Journey to healing

A trip to love

Back to yourself

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Because, isn’t all that matters?