Have You Ever?

Have you ever held a dream in your hand
and awed at what you hold;
never had you thought
one moment you'd hold gold?

Have you ever cherished paradise
and painted one of your own
and added so much to it
every year you've grown?

Have you ever released freedom
and latched on to something grand
that something being so special
it inspired the dream in your hand?

Every year you live
there's so much more to give
and someone to give it to
that gift and dream is you.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. - Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)