DREAMS!!

You can dream about your future.
Your present is always a nightmare.
When the future arrives,
It becomes your present.
And since the present is always a nightmare,
Your dreams turn into nightmares.
Do you still dream?
Or do you fear the nightmare?
Do dreams always turn into nightmares?
And why do nightmares always come true?
Do dreams ever come true?
Or are dreams unconscious expectations?
I know expectations are never met.
Because life is not all rosy.
To reach the petals,
You have to clear the thorns,
Sure to bleed all the way.
Isn’t the rose red enough?
Or imbibes more blood to quench its thirst?
Are the bloody petals worth it?
To bear the suffering of the thorns?
Even though the dreams are unpretentious,
and expectations mundane.