I remember when we were children
And they told us
You can do anything!
and
Dream big!
And the kids would speak of
astronauts
ballerinas
doctors
and for me,
writers.

I remember when they told me to follow my dreams
And the world seemed limitless
They say that coming down to "reality"
is a part of growing up
Did we grow up and out of our dreams,
or did they force their "reality" onto us?