REDEMPTION TO REALITY

For too long in a dream/You have lived and existed
Never understanding that your dreams
Of not facing reality destroys
Dreams centered around your self
Bringing about self-centeredness
You have lived a dream so long
That you’ve forgotten what reality is
Not knowing that you do not know/Living in a dream
You are never touched by life
For so long life passed you by
And you are encompassed by imagination
Seeing fragments as if through
The lens of a Kaleidoscope
The only thing that has brought you back
Is this love that cures all /But where is this love
Your dreams to shelter you from pain
And rose coloured glasses from hurt
To push pain and hurt away
You cover them up, never looking back
Never believing that they exist
Rather than remember /you choose to forget
But for how long
Until the noose is already round your neck
Where is your redemption to reality?
For how long would you dream?
Standing at the edge and looking in
Never participating or feeling
Now the dream is over /you want to take a chance to feel
Behold the gift of living /But no reality is evading you
Return to your dream it says /not knowing how to say no
You do return to your dream /until finally you are hit on the head
But your redemption to reality /has come the most difficult way
And you persevere /you have learned that to live
One must be a part of life /this you have learnt
And this you would never forget /because dreams can’t amount
To anything /unless reality is allowed
To pay its own part.

© Campbell Mariam Oluwatoyin