Lost Dreams

If I were a bird

Through the sky I would soar

Looking down on the earth

‘Cross the mountains and moor

As a horse I’d run free

‘Cross the rivers and plains

Cover pastures of clover

Until the sun starts to wane

As a fish I would travel

Through lakes or the sea

Seek out coral and caverns

But from hooks I would flee

As a tiger I’d stalk

Through the jungle with ease

Swim in rivers, chase game

Even climb in the trees

But as man I can travel

To experience the thrill

From the air to the sea

‘Cross the valleys and hill

We can hunt, we can fly

Man can travel through seas

We can swim in the rivers

Or climb in the trees.

But our dream is to travel

To fly or to swim

To live off the land

To exist on a whim

Unlike nature, we’re structured

To our daily strife

To build and achieve

But to exist in this life

Where is the freedom?

Where are the joys?

What happened to visions,

Of the girls and the boys?

Like the wind they have blown

Disappears like the tide

Leaving strife and what ifs

If I only had tried.