Once upon a time

in a land far, far away

lived a girl who could dream. 

She dreamt of a future.

A tomorrow unbounded by the confines of today

in world ruled equally by tears of joy and sadness.  

She wished her dream upon a star

and hoped it would travel far. 

But that star was the furthest the dream traveled.

For that star saw past the glamour of the dream,

and banished it to chase its impossibilities 

on the wings of its futile hopes.

To say that dream grew into more than a dream,

I would need to begin by saying 

"Once upon a time".