I once had a small dream,
I dreamt that I was surrounded by people,
They loved me sincerely without agenda,
And I loved them back without reservation.

When I awoke the dream still felt vivid,
It filled me with longing and hope,
But the sobering reality of life hit me,
And I drowned in the nightmare of living.

As the days come and go,
Distress kept building up,
And only time passes by,
Leaving behind a lone voice of this dream.

I have always kept it in my heart,
Using it as a source of inner strength.
Whenever things seem hopeless,
It gives me the push I needed to go on.

It was just a small dream,
Too ambiguous to call a goal.
It nevertheless was the dream,
That saw me through my battles in life.