Dreams are our futures
sharing with our pasts,
and we their interpreters,
frustrating the first
and misunderstanding the latter.
We rewrite our pasts
every time
Can you hear us, stranger?
Can you hear us, friend?
The thoughts at your temples,
the love in your heart,
the will to remember,
the capacity to overcome,
the things you will make,
the paths you will take,
your life from outside of yourself?
If there is one thing left after we’re gone,
one small thing that matters,
even an echo in a canyon,
even a faint scent on a breeze,
then we haven’t lived in vain,
have we?
Because I’m me, I get to feel the thunder,
and see how life expands inside a bloom.
Because I’m me I dare to touch the sunset,
and walk at ease under a silver moon.