She longs for contentment, to have a good soul,
The days she’s achieved all of her goals.
With big dreams and a mind open wide,
Life can take a bumpy ride.
A fear to dream, a fear to live,
This new reality will soon set in.
She sets plans with expectations high,
As if she’s aiming for the sky.
What if dreams slip through her grasp,
And in the striving, dreams collapse?
What if the wings she dreams to find,
Are figments fading in her mind?
A fear to dream makes a fear to fall,
But she’ll push through and stand up tall.
She knows the journey is worth the fight,
Because she knows she’ll see the light.
Because she knows deep down in her heart,
With determination, she’ll make a new start.
Dreams may falter and plans may bend,
But with resilience, she’ll rise in the end.
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Cadence Spade is a student at Hagerstown Community College residing in Maryland who enjoys writing as her creative outlet during spare time. She finds most of her enjoyment jotting down song ideas with hopes she will use them one day. A Fear to Dream is her first stab at a poem which was chosen to be published in her college’s literary magazine, Hedge Apple!