A dream stands stifled.
does it?
stare into the sun 
         the sun shall return the favor
gaze into the abyss
         the abyss shall lock eyes with you
dreams bud and bloom
ne'er do they bear a lasting fruit
some modicum of a dream must be longed for
life lay not in the actuality of dreams
but in pursuit of that realization
all mankind
         somber or satisfied
must dread the day when dreaming ends
Life is truly all that happens on that path.