A dream

I dreamt a dream

A small little dream

A journey to success in it lay

All hardwork and no child's play

A stupid little idea it is, I felt

It ain't my cup of tea I dwelt

Many attempts I made to kill the urge

But the tiny thought didn't budge

I first laughed at it

Then ignored it

'Forget it' I chided my self

But the little pest stay put in my mind's shelf

I ran, it shadowed

I screamed, it echoed

I kicked, it bounced back

It just refused to hit the sack

Finally, I decided to give it a shot

Prepared for the battle to be fought

Is it my higher calling I wondered

A chance to fly off into the wide blue yonder

Down the long dark tunnel I walked

Through the twists and turns, my way I chalked

In search of the elusive victory I tread

The sunshine at the end was all I needed

Days months and years flew past

Many tunnels ended with no light at last

Each time, with new hope I made new beginnings

Trudged through new tunnels in the next innings

Yet it was only failures, no success in sight

My best effort wasn't enough to win me the fight

Try and try till you succeed they say

Despite the sunshine the grass never became hay

'Quit' I told myself, yearning to end the game

I took the nearest exit that came

For all those wasted years I cried

Tears rolled down until my eyes dried

Slowly I adapted to the pricky pain

With time, I could face myself in the mirror again

Though the wound healed, the scar did last

A grim reminder of the battles lost

Now I just look back and wonder

Maybe I was never meant for the blue yonder

Maybe I should have just let it be a dream

Coz some dreams are just meant to be dreams