And what after you became
Who you had dreamed of being?
Did the dream become your reality?
Or did it insist that you must remain asleep?

One has to awaken to Reality.
It doesn’t move along the road
Of your dreams and desires
It was. It is . It will be. It doesn’t become.

So all that grand standing…
All that effort to change… to achieve…to acquire…
All that energy consumed by your ambition…
What happened to it all?

Did it convert to meaning?
Did it give you the reins to your joy?
Did your commanding stature work in the face of sorrow?
Did you experience contentment and bliss?

Did your work free you from delusion?
Did it liberate you from your thoughts?
Did you find love in youth and beauty?
Did you find true friends in fame and power?

We strive to become
Because we don’t know how to be.
That which is simple is made complicated
Because we refuse to live with Reality.