"There is a dream" (poem)

There is a dream...lying deep under this blue water

It's been there for years and years

It's been there with hopes and fears

I can forget it for a while, dear Lord

But I can never remove it, dear Lord

Far too deep, far too long

And I have never been that strong

How sweet such a dream can be

How precious it has been to me

And now I am scared

So terribly scared

that it will come between us, my Lord

Nothing in the universe is real, but You

Nothing can truly satisfy a human soul, but You

All these, I know….

But no one ever told me

Why such a dream had to be placed so deep

If it’s something I can never own or keep

Oh…foolish me, foolish me

Every time I try to grab it

The illusion breaks me into peaces

Oh…foolish me, foolish me

Every time I try to touch it

The illusion vanishes into darkness

But have mercy, oh Heaven

For every time

That I try to forget or forsake it

A knife cuts right into the middle of my heart

And life becomes a desert of hopelessness and sorrow

Is this what some people say

It’s the way…it’s the way?

Is this what some people mean

To really live…you must die today?

But since pain can never be avoided

To reach for the dream and die from illusion

Or to let it go and die from despair

Then I should just trust You

Trust that You know me more than I do

Trust that you are the Unchanging Love

And that Your promises are always true

I will let this whirlpool of sorrow drown me

I will walk the cave of darkness

And trust You even though I cannot see

Don’t know how long, don’t know when

But one day, yes, one day

You will become everything to me

You will be my onlymy dream...at the end