A Billion Dreams

                                            

you know how the night sky

holds billions of stars

burning and shining

whenever it's dark?

well, what if I told you

it's not as it seems?

that they're actually billions

and billions of dreams

and each, every night

when you climb into bed

the dreams that you have

all float out of your head

up past the trees

and then up through the clouds

up to the night

without making a sound

they meet with the moon

and get ready to shine

finding their place

in the indigo sky

and that's where they watch from

that's where they wait

until it's their moment

their time and their place

some stars are tiny

and some stars are huge

see, if the star's big

then the dream must be too

the irony though

is that when we are small

our dreams are the greatest

and wildest of all

then as we get bigger

our dreams start to shrink

our stars begin fading

as we overthink

and there may be times

you forget how to dream

when your mind is busy

and struggles to sleep

and if that does happen

just look to the sky

look at those stars

that are all standing by

and search for the dreams

all belonging to you

just biding their time

until they can come true

then blow them a wish 

and climb up into bed

pull up the covers

and lay down your head

then close your eyes tightly

and promise this

never stop dreaming

and always dream BIG