Jake Benoit
A Beautiful Dream
You are a beautiful dream
One I visit often
A dream of the future
A dream of pure potential
A potential for greatness,
In the moment, happiness

Yet...
Do I wake?
I fair not to
For waking rids me of the dream
The dream I hope for,
Ceases in reality
The distance of never-ending oceans
The sickness of flesh
The fear of potential
The fear of vulnerability
Heart sinking pain
But I must wake…
I awake to the cold,
A void without sound
Without passion
Do I give in to the abyss?
In that moment I remember…
The voices of my ancestors
Shouting from the grave
Vibrating my very DNA
Do not fear!
Do not give in!
Brace yourself my son,
For love is the death of duty
This was for growth
Now fight for your duty
Your destiny
Leave the dream with love,
With the remembrance of happiness
For you have lived the dream
The time has come
To bear the worlds burden,
For your time has come
Your forefathers hand the torch
I shall not fail them
Nor our mothers
Nor our children
Nor our woman, the givers of life
Weather the storm I shall
Become the concrete pillar I have
For I am man
Honor dictates me
Without, man is lost