by Wendy Brumback

Created on: January 20, 2010

WHEN ONE HAS LOST THEIR DREAMS

When one has lost their dreams, yet continues to believe

one will buy a lotto ticket

as the odds continue to slim, and one will give his last dollar

hoping tomorrow will bring another, then help a stranger

to fix a flattened tire, one will fill out an application

to where they want to go

and one will clip pictures’

of that expensive cruise, and hang pictures of exotic places

on their walls, one will browse expensive stores,

fingering that perfect shoe. Or drive by that perfect house

to see again the slanted roof and window seats

to stare again at the wrap around deck

When one has lost their dreams, yet continues to believe.

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