Finite Infinity

Sat, 06/22/2013 - 12:52 -- Dani_D

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Dreams-

As defined by psychologist are problem solving mechanisms used by the subconscious mind

Dreams-

As defined by philosophers are aspirations and desires of the soul

Dreams are the carriage that moves us from day to day, from night to morning

Dreams determine dreams

Desires sway our thoughts and troubles changing the visions we get while asleep

It is the driving force of our lives as a whole.

Dreams move our bodies in ways our minds didn’t know exist

Dreams pull our hearts in ways our souls could never understand

They allow us to feel compassion and love

Dreams fill us with hope and faith

Hope and faith are the undertones of dreams

Hope is a desire for something to happen with the expectation of it happening

And faith is hope in action

Dreams allow us to believe in tomorrow

They are the string that connect humans from the present to the future

They allow us to forget the past

Fear-

As defined by psychologist is a sense of threat on well being

Fear-

As defined by philosophers is doubt, an unsettling sense of uncertainty

Fear is the only thing that stands between any person and their most desperate dream

It makes us not want to move forward to our aspirations

It keeps us up and not let us sleep

It holds us from night to day

Fear determines the dreams that determine dreams

Desires crippled under the pressure of doubt

It pushes dreams to the point of their fragile body breaking

For fear is the small bee that can harm us not but leave a small sting and keep our minds in a state of unease

Its slithers through our thoughts

Poisoning the hopes of our hearts

It turns pleasant nights it fearsome scares in the dark

Fears is the cold artic wave that crashes upon us

It pours cold anxiety into us

It scrubs away at our dreams scratching and pealing them

Wanting to chip away at our ambitions and halting our steps

Pushing us back from progressing to where are hearts are calling us

Fear is the string that connects us from the present to the past

It forces us to forget the future

In anyway stated or thought of, fear and dreams are the most separate ideas that exist

Dreams give hope and fear takes it away

But fear is only as big as we allow it to be

Fear is under our command

It is just as easy to squash as a little bee

Fear is a desperate attempt

The first last and only resort of the world to keep us

Dreams are the stronger of the two but the most delicate

It can rage like a tornado and bend us like a hurricane

Dreams are greater than fear

But as said, fear if allowed, can be a titan

With every step leaving holes in our hearts

And standing in the eye of that storm

We as human focus down too much on the smallest detail

It becomes the only thing that our small window of vision can see

It consumes our desire to see the great scheme of things

So we disable our minds from panning out and seeing our dreams’ web reach and stretch

Catching and eating the bee

Instead our minds remain on the fact that there is a snag

We make our dreams finite and allow our fear infinite domain

We let a kernel of doubt outweigh the massive mountains

We as humans forbid ourselves from dreams when the smallest possibility of fear is present

We think a jump is too high when the hurdle is at our feet

And we believe that restraints are too small when they can house an elephant

Fear feeds off dreams to create evil fantasies that lock our minds in towers

But that tower will dissolve so easily if we only let it

 

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