Walk into a Dream

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: LIFE SONGS

Walk into a Dream

 

I once knew a working man

Who labored hard for forty years

Married a sturdy woman

Raised three fine kids

And hardly knew their names

He hiked into the woods one day

The next he was never seen

He did not die says I

He walked into his dream

 

I knew a woman of great beauty

Who lived a life of leisure

She gave her days to comfort

And gave her nights to pleasure

She had a child and married

A man of sufficient means

She breathed her last in a sigh

And walked into her dream

 

We live a million lives at once

And never know what’s real

We learn what’s right and wrong

What to think and what to feel

We seek adventures when we can

We work when it’s expected

Comes a time we take a stand

And hope that we’re respected

In the end we always wonder

Is this what it all means?

We do not die says I

We walk into our dreams