The Life We Long For

There’s the life that we long for
And there’s the life that we lead
For one of them we dream
For the other one we bleed

But our dreams seem infirm
Smoke riding the wind
Of harsh confused moments
That force us to bend

While the day to day life
We are bound to lead
Rips open our veins
And so we bleed

Our goals and our energy
Our loves and our lust
Out on life’s too often
Unfertile dust

From when we’re born
to when we die
We delude ourselves
with artful lie

Of whom we are
and what we’ve done
Of challenges met
and successes won

To you I say
Be not self-deceived
Reject the life you have
The life you lead

Cling instead to dream’s
Fragile airs
Live you dreams by day
Without any cares

And while your end will come
As all ends do
By living your dreams
Your regrets will be few.

© Copyright 2016 Marty Vandermolen