Dreams

Sleep child
Dream of times better
Better than our reality today
If you dream of times past
Idealize but don't analyze
Fantasize but please don't realize
Dream of knights and damsels
Rajputs and djinns
Ra the sun god and Musa the explorer
Keep the facade alive
If you dream of the future
Dream in brilliant color
And beautiful landscapes
Dream of what you loved today
Because it may not exist tomorrow
Imagine worlds elsewhere
For ours may not last long
The red planet beckons
Mysteries in the sands beyond
Enjoy your sleep now my child
Tomorrow you will wake up
And all your wondrous dreams

May fade away and forever be lost