POEM - DREAM BELIEVE SURVIVE

DREAM BELIEVE SURVIVE
Dr. Frieda Norma Dela Cruz
Philippines

Trembling at dawn, dreaming,
Always too soon the morning light would appear again.
My dream would be gone,
I would reach to hold it,
but too quickly it would fade.

Awakening, I would find myself alone.
The day has turned gray,
and the sky threatens rain.
Joy and colors of the dream have gone once again,
But just as the sun is somewhere beyond the clouds, the dream lives on, just beyond this moment.

And knowing that it would be there and that it would come again,
Over the years I would work each day
So that the wonder of its promise might find fruition.
Soon, I thought, soon.  Not tomorrow.

Believe and work, I would tell myself.
Believe in dreams and work with joy.
And then when the world turns around, and starlight and sunlight gently merge, you will find yourself in a shimmering place,
And you will know you have travelled all the way home.



©®Dr. Frieda Norma Dela Cruz
Philippines