Comes A Time....

Once upon a time

I had a dream

Dreams of a family

Dreams of dragons and

Futures and Christmas gifts

In my innocence

It all seemed so very easy.....

Once upon a time

I raged

Raged against the norm

And my peers and the

Authority figures trying to 

Label me

While I was fighting

To establish my adulthood

And define myself.....

Once upon a time

I gave up

I laid my dreams and 

Wants at the altar

Of societies judgement

Accepted my form

Busied myself with 

Idealized obligations

Lived the life I was told

Not the one I envisioned.....

Once upon a time

I stood up

Stood up to the rules and

The "Man"

Broke the grip of tyranny

I had allowed myself to 

Become slave to.......

Once upon a time

I became a man

I made a choice for a better tomorrow

At the risk of a tortured today

I gave up what I knew

Threw myself to the wind

And waited to see what awaited

Me.....

Once upon a time

I made a choice

A choice to live my dream 

And be my dream

To pursue my ambitions

And be ready should 

The time arise.....

Once upon a time

I found the dream

Sitting a world away

Huddled in her safety

Looking for her own dream

My life

Has come full circle

Once more I have

Accepted my innocence.....

Once more,

I have a dream.....