Time after time, we hear politicians promising to make
the world a better place, but by now we realize that
those who believe their words are only dreaming.

Some imagine that accumulating great material wealth
will assure enduring happiness, but eventually learn
to their dismay that they have been only dreaming.

Unscrupulous preachers claim they alone can lead you
to the Light as long as you pay their asking fee, but if
you blindly follow them, then you are only dreaming.

There are those who propose that life is predetermined.
Others believe in free will. People will believe all sorts
of things, though belief itself is really only dreaming.

Some will say that “might makes right”, and whomever
has the deadliest weapons wins, but history has shown
over and over again, such notions are only dreaming.

Others will assert that their race, or gender, or the religion
they espouse makes them superior to their fellow humans,
but those who adhere to such ignorance are only dreaming.

Ending each verse with the same words is a clever literary
device, but if I imagine that my lines will be remembered
even to the next day, then I’m certainly only dreaming!