Awakening From Life's Dream

Eyes wide open, we walk in a slumber,
Dreaming of dreams of the life we think we should live,
As we smile and remind ourselves to keep on living.

We walk the planned path of life that is laid out before us,
As we infectiously perpetuate the cycle of our demise,
Never allowing ourselves to wake up from this dream.

We look for outside sources to make us who we are,
As we build and acquire a life based on lies,
That can only grow as big as our wallets allow.

We think happiness can be found in the biggest “thing,”
Be it property or possession, as we abandon rationality,
Losing sight of self-thought for self-worth through materialism.

Television shows us this life, music brings it to our ears,
And our books and magazines let us read about it,
As we fall victim to the beliefs that this is life at its greatest.

Would you not agree that one dreams until he wakes?
Knowing that dreams can be a thing of beauty and awe,
We must also accept that they can be hellish nightmares.

When we allow ourselves to be told what is of beauty and awe,
Anything short of that becomes a nightmare,
And we will live in this nightmare until we awake from the dream!

When was the last time you were happy just to be alive?
When was the last time you went out of your way to help someone?
When was the last time you opened your eyes to the truth?

We find ourselves so caught up in the pursuit for happiness,
We forget to stop and ask ourselves whether we’re happy now,
As we continue in a waking dream-state of false hope.

All I ask it that you stop for a moment and ask yourself,
“Is this all a dream? And if so, how do I awake from my slumber
So that I may finally live for myself and not what I am told to live for?”