We are handed a world of other people's dreams. Our mission is to have the courage to express our dreams. That boring blocky skyscraper? Not my dream! Mine would be an imaginative, organic mound full of fun and surprises, sunlight and secret nooks.

You found me in my kitchen
Dancing, singing, baking
You lit my stove and drove away
The way you like to do
I found you in your car
I told you to keep dreaming
There's a woman in the world
Who will let you be all you
He found me on the web
And shared a poem with the world
It made me soar and cry
And wonder if this man I knew
I found him on his phone
He was flying in the dark
I checked in like I do
Almost every day or two

It's a smashup
The world projected on a pushpin
We all get taught how to live
'Cause happy is our greatest asset
Happy keeps the air clean
And the water clear
And the gardens green
And one smile can light a room
So why do we wallow in misery?
It feels so good feeling empty
It's like an old friend
Who's always a downer
Not the kind of company
You would make and keep now
Empty feels like a space you could leave
And grow from

If you wanna grow
You gotta send out roots in all directions
You're going to need more water
More food
More sunlight
More resources
You're going to want to plant yourself
In fertile soil
Make yourself beautiful
Attract the bees
Let them dive in and out of you
Nothing grows in a void
If you wanna take over the world
You need to give and receive
Three hundred sixty degrees

Sometimes you just have to show up
Check it out yourself
See the contrast of the sparkling lights
Against the darkness of the moonlit desert
A spiderweb fence in the middle of nowhere
Is anyone watching?
Or am I alone sufficient?
Am I the One looking at reflections of nature in a still lake?
A fractal living a dreamed reality?
We all speak the same language
In 7 billion dialects
We treat each other like we disagree
Just for fun
We all need enemies
Products of misunderstandings
Otherwise
Who would we be!
Not content to be happy
We pretend to be human
It's fun getting lost in this skin

"So tell me now
If this ain't love then how do we get out?
Because I don't know
That's when she said I don't hate you boy
I just want to save you while there's still something left to save
That's when I told her I love you girl
But I'm not the answer for the questions that you still have

I don't hate you
I don't hate you, no"

I went boldly in the direction
Of an ill-conceived dream
And now I'm reaping the fruits
Of my wandering
My dreams are still dormant
What can I hope to be?
What's the life that will bring me meaning?
The easiest answer is a wife and mother
The occupation of my mother
And grandmother
There's nothing I want more
From my life at this point
And yet I have trouble owning it
Thinking like a man
Has gotten me nowhere
Don't get the point of earning for me

I am a 4-wheel drive monster truck
Spinning my wheels
Will I ever be satisfied
That my work is important
That I'm not needed elsewhere
Money wasn't enough to tie me down
So I let myself fall into a void
Of self indulgence
Pouring my energy into a survival game
A birthing of a business of my own making
And an exploring of work
That might excite and fulfill me
And it did
And now that those embers are cooling
I want to know
What I can pour myself into tomorrow
How do you stay stoked?